In-car operation display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9684392-B2
Application number	US-201314394567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2013
Priority date	Apr 17, 2012
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

Provided is an in-car operation display device which improves the operability of a display unit. The display unit is used for indications and operations for car-installed functions such as settings and instructions of the car-installed functions. An operating means (first switch plate SpL, second switch plate SpR) includes an operating-plate portion ( 6 L, 6 R) configured to be operated to move along a display screen 5 a of a display unit 5 . The operating-plate portion ( 6 L, 6 R) includes a protruding switch portion (touch-sensor protrusion 10 - 15 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An in-car operation display device, comprising:
a display unit including a touch-panel-type display screen on which an image of a car-installed function is displayed;
an operating section configured to be operated such that a car state is varied based on the image of the car-installed function displayed on the display screen; and
a control circuit configured to perform a display control for the image of the car-installed function, and to control the car-installed function by an operation of the operating section,
wherein
the operating section includes an operating-plate portion configured to be operated to move along the display screen of the display unit, and
the operating-plate portion includes a protruding switch portion,
the display screen extends in an up-down direction and also in a right-left direction,
first and second guide portions are provided on lateral portions of the display screen and extend in the up-down direction,
the operating-plate portion is included in each of first and second switch plates,
the first and second switch plates are respectively attached to the first and second guide portions along right and left portions of the display screen such that the first and second switch plates are operated to move in the up-down direction,
the control circuit is configured to control the display unit in accordance with positions of the first and second switch plates so as to partition the display screen into a plurality of display areas and adjust a size or a shape of each of the display areas to thereby display the image of the car-installed function adjusted in accordance with the size or the shape of each of the display areas on each of the display areas, and
the control circuit is further configured to partition the display screen at a position of an upper edge portion of at least the operating-plate portion as a boundary when the first and second switch plates are differently positioned.

2. The in-car operation display device according to claim 1 , wherein the operating-plate portion is transparent or semitransparent such that the image displayed on the display screen is visible through the operating-plate portion.

Assignees

• Calsonic Kansei Corp

Inventors

• Kamiyama Hideaki
• Haginoya Masaharu
• Imai Chihaya

Classifications

• B60K35/22

  Display screens · CPC title

• B60K35/81

  for controlling displays · CPC title

• B60K35/60

  Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles (arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10) · CPC title

• B60K35/50

  Instruments characterised by their means of attachment to or integration in the vehicle (B60K35/231 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60K37/06

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic