IP Library Granted Patent US 9,746,951
Granted Patent B2
US 9,746,951 · App. 14/922,522 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Touch-sensitive vehicle display device

Inventor: Chihaya Imai (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,746,951
App. No.
14/922,522
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch-sensitive vehicle display device is disclosed. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device comprises a body having a display including a touch panel on a surface thereof, whereby a screen operation is performed on the surface of the display by a touch-screen operation; an operation plate provided along the surface of the display; and a controller controlling information to be indicated on the display. The operation plate includes an opening section to indicate a switch provided to face the touch panel, and a plurality of touch-sensitive switch-confirmation portions provided on an end portion of the opening section for switch indication, and the controller controls a switch-indication portion to be inside the opening section to indicate switching in the display, and controls a plurality of selection-switches to be in the switch-indication portion to correspond to the plurality of switch-confirmation portions.

Claims (12)

1. A touch-sensitive vehicle display device, comprising:

a body having a display including a touch panel on a surface thereof, whereby a screen operation is performed on the surface of the display by a touch-screen operation;

a sliding operation plate attached to the body so as to be movable up and down along a surface of the display; and

a controller controlling information to be indicated on the display, wherein

the controller displays a setting button on the display along an outer edge of the sliding operation plate.

2. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the setting button is displayed on the display along an upper edge of the outer edge of the sliding operation plate.

3. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the setting button is displayed on the display along a side portion of an upper edge of the outer edge of the sliding operation plate.

4. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding operation plate includes a position detector which detects a position of the sliding operation plate on the surface of the display.

5. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 4 , wherein the controller controls the information to be indicated on the display according to a signal, from the position detector, indicating the detected position of the sliding operation plate on the surface of the display.

6. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 5 , wherein a display position of the setting button is movable, based on the detected position of the sliding operation plate, so as to maintain the display position of the setting button relative to the detected position of the sliding operation plate.

7. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 4 , wherein the information to be indicated on the display includes first content and second content, and the controller controls each of a display position of the first content and a display position of the second content relative to the detected position of the sliding operation plate.

8. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein the sliding operation plate includes at least one opening section, and the controller displays, inside the at least one opening section, an indicator, and content of the indicator is based on content of the information to be indicated on the display.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2025
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071577/0598 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-107199 · May 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14279510 · May 16, 2014
Related Publication 20160041671A1 · Feb 11, 2016