Vehicular control unit and control method thereof

Inventor: Kazuhiro Murakami (Machida, JP)

Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation

G06F3/03547 B60K35/00 B60R16/02 B60R16/03 G06F3/016 G06F3/0354 G06F3/041 G06F3/0416 G06F3/04883 G06F3/04886 H01H9/16 H01H36/00 B60K2370/1438 G06F2203/014 G06F2203/04105

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Patent No.: US 10,642,381
App. No.: 16/078,961
Granted: May 5, 2020
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A vehicular control unit includes a touch sensor on which a predetermined area is set, a tactile sensation presentation unit, a pressing detector, and a controller that enables operation of a vehicle mounted apparatus in response to an input to the touch sensor when pressing is equal to or higher than a first pressure. The controller is configured to: when the operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus is enabled, within a first time period, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to present a tactile sensation corresponding to enablement of the operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus; in the case of a first slide in a direction going out of the predetermined area, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to present a tactile sensation corresponding to the first slide; and in the case of a second slide in a direction going into the predetermined area, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to present a tactile sensation corresponding to the second slide.

Claims (53)

1. A vehicular control unit, comprising:

a touch sensor on which a predetermined area is set;

a vibration generator for presenting a tactile sensation to a user via the touch sensor;

a pressing detector for detecting pressing against the touch sensor; and

a controller that enables operation of a vehicle mounted apparatus in response to an input to the touch sensor when the pressing is equal to or higher than a first pressure; wherein the controller is configured to

when the operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus is enabled, within a first time period, cause the vibration generator to present a tactile sensation corresponding to enablement of the operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus;

in the case of a first slide within the predetermined area in a direction going out of the predetermined area, cause the vibration generator to present a tactile sensation corresponding to the first slide; and

in the case of a second slide within the predetermined area in a direction going into the predetermined area, cause the vibration generator to present a tactile sensation corresponding to the second slide.

2. The vehicular control unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the touch sensor has a plurality of corners;

the predetermined area is provided so as to include at least one of the corners; and

the controller is configured to, when pressing against the predetermined area is equal to or higher than a second pressure, execute an operation function associated with the predetermined area.

3. The vehicular control unit according to claim 2 , wherein

the controller is configured to prevent operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus in response to an input to the touch sensor, when a state in which there is no input to the touch sensor continues for a second time period after the operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus is enabled.

4. The vehicular control unit according to claim 3 , wherein

the second time period is set to be a longer time period when a position at which an input is made immediately before input to the touch sensor ceases is included in the predetermined area, than when the position is not included in the predetermined area.

5. The vehicular control unit according to claim 4 , further comprising