IP Library Granted Patent US 9,201,536
Granted Patent B2
US 9,201,536 · App. 14/279,510 · Granted Dec 1, 2015

Touch-sensitive vehicle display device

Inventor: Chihaya Imai (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
G06F3/0412
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Patent No.
US 9,201,536
App. No.
14/279,510
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
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 (19)

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;

an operation plate provided along the surface of the display; and

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

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 shown in the switch-indication portion to correspond to the plurality of switch-confirmation portions.

2. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation plate is a sliding plate attached to the body so as to be movable along the surface of the display, and includes a position detector which detects a position of the sliding plate, and

the controller controls information to be indicated on the display according to a detected signal from the position detector.

3. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening section for switch indication is formed in a polygonal shape, and the switch-confirmation portions are included in a corner section or a side section of the opening section for switch indication.

4. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of selection switches are two selection switches indicated in the switch-indication field divided into two, and the switch-confirmation portions are included in side sections of the opening for switch-indication corresponding to the selection switches.

5. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of selection switches are four selection switches indicated in the switch-indication field divided into four, and the switch-confirmation portions are included in corner sections of the opening section for switch-indication corresponding to the selection switches.

6. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the selection switches are indicated in the radially divided switch-indication field of the opening section for switch-indication.

7. The touch-sensitive vehicle display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the sliding plate is composed of an electrical conductive material, and the position detectors are provided in the sliding plate and comprise a plurality of conductive contact regions contacting the touch screen surface and moving integrally with the sliding plate.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 12, 2025
From: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
To: MARELLI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071577/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2014
From: IMAI, CHIHAYA
To: CALSONIC KANSEI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032912/0288 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-107199 · May 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140350784A1 · Nov 27, 2014