JP2003182463A - On-vehicle appliance, and method and program for controlling operation of the on-vehicle appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To incline an appliance body of a monitor or the like from an upright condition by a simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: A control unit 13 stores the inclination of the monitor in a storage unit 14 when an instruction of storing the inclination is input. When the monitor in the upright condition detects that a button 12 is operated, the control unit 13 drives a turning motor 6 to turn the monitor downward and to incline the monitor forward. In this condition, the control unit 13 reads the inclination stored in the storage unit 14, compares it with the inclination of the monitor specified from the result of measurement by an angular sensor 8, and detects that the monitor is inclined to a desired inclination. The control unit 13 maintains the monitor in the inclined condition by stopping the drive of the turning motor 6 based on the result of detection. When the button 12 is operated again, the control unit 13 drives the turning motor 6 and returns the monitor to the upright condition. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle-mounted device, an operation control method for the vehicle-mounted device, and a program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a vehicle such as an automobile, a vehicle-mounted device is known in which a main body of an electronic device such as a monitor is housed in a chassis that is fixed by being attached to an instrument panel or a console panel in a vehicle interior. Has been. In such an in-vehicle device, when the device body such as a monitor sent from the chassis stands up in front of the chassis, it may cover up the air outlet, the hazard switch, the switch of the car audio device, and the like. As a result, there are problems that the air conditioning in the vehicle is adversely affected and various switches cannot be operated.

In this regard, there is a device which can tilt the device body as needed by calling a position setting mode provided in the vehicle-mounted device. For example, when the device body is a monitor, the monitor position setting mode is called by operating a button or the like provided on the in-vehicle device as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 (step S101). At this time, the monitor angle setting mode is selected by performing a selection operation according to the menu displayed on the monitor (step S102), and the monitor is rotated downward and tilted forward (step S10).
3). In this way, the switches provided on the instrument panel and the like can be operated, and after the user operates various switches (step S104), the monitor is returned to the original standing state (step S105). Thereafter, the monitor position setting mode is ended in response to a command input by a button operation or the like (step S10).
6).

[0004]

In the above-mentioned prior art, in order to tilt the main body of the device such as the monitor from the standing state, the position setting mode such as the monitor position setting mode is called every time, and the operation for tilting the monitor or the like is performed. Had to be done and was tedious.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide an in-vehicle device capable of tilting a device body such as a monitor from a standing state by a simple operation.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an on-vehicle device according to a first aspect of the present invention is housed inside a chassis so that it can be moved forward and backward, and is sent out to the front of the chassis to rotate. An apparatus main body that stands up by doing so, a storage unit that stores the inclination amount of the apparatus main body in advance, and an input unit that inputs a command to tilt the apparatus main body.
An operation control means for controlling a forward / backward movement and a rotation operation of the device body, wherein the operation control means responds to a tilt command input by the input means, and the tilt stored in the storage means. It is characterized in that the device main body is tilted by rotating the device main body by the read-out amount and the read tilt amount.

It is desirable that the operation control means tilts the device body in response to a tilting command input by the input means while the device body is standing upright in front of the chassis.

It is desirable that the operation control means, in response to a command input by the input means in a state where the equipment body is tilted, rotate the equipment body to return to an upright state.

It is desirable that the operation control means stores an arbitrary inclination amount in the storage means.

The device body is preferably a monitor that displays various information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation control method for an on-vehicle device, which comprises a device body which is housed inside a chassis so as to be able to move forward and backward, and which is sent out to the front of the chassis to stand up by being rotated. A method for controlling the operation of an in-vehicle device, comprising: an inclination amount storing step of storing an inclination amount of the device body in a predetermined storage means in advance; and the device body in a state where the device body stands upright in front of a chassis. In response to the tilt command input step for accepting the input of a command to tilt, and the tilt command input in the tilt command input step, the tilt amount stored in the tilt amount storage step is read, and only the read tilt amount is read. In response to a tilt processing step of rotating and tilting the device body and a command input in a tilted state of the device body, the device body is rotated to stand up. And a standing return step of returning to the state, and wherein the.

A program according to a third aspect of the present invention functions as an in-vehicle device having a device body that is housed inside a chassis so as to be able to move forward and backward and is sent out to the front of the chassis to stand up by being rotated. The computer receives a tilt amount storing step of storing the tilt amount of the device body in a predetermined storage unit in advance, and an instruction to tilt the device body in a state where the device body stands upright in front of the chassis. In response to the tilt command input step and the tilt command input in the tilt command input step, the tilt amount stored in the tilt amount storage step is read, and the device body is rotated by the read tilt amount. In response to a tilting process step of tilting the device body and a command input in a tilted state of the device body, the device body is rotated to a standing state. Be upright recovery step, it is executed.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, a vehicle-mounted device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle-mounted device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, FIG. 1 shows a top view of the vehicle-mounted device 1 as an example. The in-vehicle device 1 is mounted by being embedded in an instrument panel or a console panel inside a vehicle in a vehicle such as an automobile, and a monitor 2 which is an example of an electronic device main body is mounted so as to be able to move forward and backward. That is, the in-vehicle device 1 includes the slide base 4 that can move forward and backward from the opening provided in the chassis 3.
By supporting the shaft 2a arranged at the lower end portion of the monitor 2 at the front end portion of the slide base 4, the monitor 2 can be delivered / retracted and can be erected / tilted. In addition, a button 12 for instructing sending / retracting of the monitor 2 and standing / tilting is provided on the upper end of the monitor 2.
Is provided.

The slide base 4 is provided with a feed drive motor 5, a rotation drive motor 6, a forward / backward movement amount sensor 7, and an angle sensor 8.

The feed drive motor 5 has a drive force of the first
It is transmitted to the first pinion gear 10a via the transmission gear group 9a. The first pinion gear 10a is connected to the second pinion gear 10b via a shaft 4a pivotally supported at the rear end of the slide base 4, and receives the driving force from the feed drive motor 5 to rotate. Here, the first pinion gear 1
0a is the first rack gear 1 installed at the bottom of the chassis 3.
The second pinion gear 10b meshes with the gear 1a and engages with the second rack gear 11b installed at the bottom of the chassis 3. With such a configuration, the slide base 4 can be moved forward and backward by utilizing the driving force of the feed drive motor 5.

The rotation drive motor 6 includes a second transmission gear group 9
The rotation gear 2b fixed to the shaft 2a is rotated via b. As a result, the monitor 2 can be rotated in the vertical direction by utilizing the driving force of the rotation drive motor 6.

The advance / retreat amount sensor 7 is connected to a discriminating gear 7a which meshes with the second pinion gear 10b via a drive shaft,
This is for measuring the amount of movement when the slide base 4 on which the monitor 2 is mounted moves forward and backward. The advance / retreat amount sensor 7 is not limited to the mechanical type, and may be an optical type that measures the amount of movement by using the reflected light from the determination member on which a predetermined pattern is drawn.

The angle sensor 8 is connected to a discriminating gear 8a that meshes with the second transmission gear group 9b via a drive shaft, and is for measuring the angle when the monitor 2 rotates in the vertical direction. It should be noted that the angle sensor 8 is not limited to the mechanical type sensor, like the advance / retreat amount sensor 7, and may be an optical type sensor.

The feed drive motor 5, the rotation drive motor 6, the advance / retreat amount sensor 7, the angle sensor 8 and the button 12 are
As shown in FIG. 2, MPU (Micro Processing Unit)
It is connected to the control unit 13 composed of the above. The control unit 13 controls the operations of the feed drive motor 5 and the rotation drive motor 6 in response to the operation of the button 12 or the like, thereby executing the processing for positioning the monitor 2. For example, by controlling the electric power supplied to the feed drive motor 5, the slide base 4 on which the monitor 2 is mounted is moved forward and backward. At this time, the control unit 13 specifies the position of the monitor 2 in the front-rear direction based on the measurement result of the advance / retreat amount sensor 7. Further, for example, by controlling the electric power supplied to the rotation drive motor 6, the monitor 2 is rotated in the vertical direction. At this time, the control unit 13 specifies the angle (tilt amount) of the monitor 2 sent from the chassis 3 based on the measurement result of the angle sensor 8.

Further, the control unit 13 is, for example, a RAM (Rand
om Access Memory) and flash EEPROM (Electr
An operation program and data are read from the storage unit 14 configured by an onically erasable and programmable ROM) and the like, and a process for controlling the operation of the feed drive motor 5 and the rotation drive motor 6 is executed. The control unit 13 can store the tilt amount when the monitor 2 is tilted in the storage unit 14, and when the monitor 2 is upright, the button 1 is pressed.
In response to the operation of 2, the operation of the rotation drive motor 6 is controlled so that the monitor 2 is tilted by the tilt amount set by the user.

The operation of the vehicle-mounted device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described below.

The in-vehicle device 1 has a monitor 2 and a chassis 3
When the user inputs a command to send out the monitor 2 by pressing the button 12 provided on the upper end of the monitor 2 in the state of being housed inside the slide base 4, the slide base 4 is moved forward. Raise monitor 2. That is,
When the monitor 2 is housed inside the chassis 3, the controller 13 starts driving the feed drive motor 5 in response to the operation of the button 12. The driving force of the feed drive motor 5 is transmitted to the first pinion gear 10a via a worm gear attached to the drive shaft and the first transmission gear group 9a. The driving force transmitted to the first pinion gear 10a is transmitted to the second pinion gear 10b via the shaft 4a. First and second pinion gears 10a, 10b
Is rotated, the first and second rack gears 11 respectively
The slide base 4 is sent forward from the opening of the chassis 3 by the meshing force with the a and 11b. At this time, the control unit 13 specifies the delivery amount of the slide base 4 based on the measurement result of the advance / retreat amount sensor 7 capable of measuring the rotation amount of the second pinion gear 10b.

When the control unit 13 detects that the feed amount of the slide base 4 has reached a predetermined value, it starts driving the rotation drive motor 6. The driving force of the rotation drive motor 6 is
It is transmitted to the rotary gear 2b via a worm gear attached to the drive shaft and the second transmission gear group 9b. The rotation of the rotating gear 2b causes the monitor 2 to rotate upward until it stands upright in front of the chassis 3. At this time, the control unit 13 specifies the angle (inclination amount) of the monitor 2 based on the measurement result of the angle sensor 8 capable of measuring the rotation amount of the second transmission gear group 9b.

When the monitor 2 is thus sent out to the front of the chassis 3 and reaches an upright state, the control unit 13 stops the driving of the feed drive motor 5 and the rotation drive motor 6. In this way, the monitor 2 is shown in FIG.
As illustrated in (b), it stands up in front of the chassis 3, and various information can be displayed so that it can be viewed in the driver's seat or the passenger seat.

Further, in the vehicle-mounted device 1, the monitor 2 is housed inside the chassis 3 by pulling the monitor 2 inside the chassis 3 in a state where the monitor 2 is tilted substantially horizontally. That is,
When the monitor 2 is pulled into the chassis 3, the control unit 13 first tilts the monitor 2 by the driving force of the rotation drive motor 6. Next, the control unit 13 controls the monitor 2
The slide base 4 is retracted by the driving force of the feed drive motor 5 in a state where the slide base 4 is tilted substantially horizontally. As a result, FIG.
As illustrated in FIG. 2, the monitor 2 is retracted and stored in the chassis 3. Here, FIG.
FIG.

Vehicle-mounted device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention
Stores the amount of tilt desired by the user in the storage unit 14,
The monitor 2 can be tilted in response to the operation of the button 12. Hereinafter, a process for the in-vehicle device 1 to tilt the monitor 2 by the tilt amount desired by the user will be described.

In order to tilt the monitor 2 in response to the operation of the button 12, first, the tilt amount of the monitor 2 desired by the user is set. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a process executed by the control unit 13 to set the tilt amount of the monitor 2.

When the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5 is started, the control unit 13 calls the monitor stop angle setting mode in response to a user operating a setting key (not shown) (step S1). In this monitor stop angle setting mode, the user performs an operation of tilting the monitor 2 forward by performing a selection operation according to the menu displayed on the monitor 2.

The control unit 13 drives the rotation drive motor 6 in response to a selection operation by the user, and rotates the monitor 2 downward to tilt it forward (step S2). At this time, the control unit 13 specifies the tilt amount of the monitor 2 tilted forward based on the measurement result of the angle sensor 8.
The control unit 13 holds the monitor 2 at the tilt amount desired by the user by stopping the driving of the rotation drive motor 6 in response to the user operating a setting key (not shown) (step S3). .

The control unit 13 determines whether or not to store the inclination amount in response to the user operating a key (not shown) or the like (step S4). For example, it is determined that the tilt amount is stored when the Yes key (not shown) is pressed, and the tilt amount is not stored when the No key (not shown) is pressed.

When a command to store the tilt amount is input by pressing a Yes key (not shown) or the like, the control unit 13
Causes the storage unit 14 to store the tilt amount of the monitor 2 (step S5). After that, the control unit 13 drives the rotation drive motor 6 to rotate the monitor 2 in the upward direction and returns it to the upright state (step S6). When it is detected that the monitor 2 has returned to the upright state based on the measurement result of the angle sensor 8 (step S7), the control unit 13 stops the drive of the rotation drive motor 6 (step S8), and FIG.
The process shown in the flowchart is ended.

On the other hand, in step S4, a No
When it is determined that the tilt amount is not stored by pressing a key or the like, the control unit 13 skips the process of step S5 and drives the rotation drive motor 6 to rotate the monitor 2 in the upward direction. Then (step S6), the monitor 2 is returned to the upright state. Thereafter, when the angle sensor 8 detects that the monitor 2 has returned to the upright state (step S7), the control unit 13 stops the rotation drive motor 6 (step S8), and the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5 is performed. finish.

In this way, an arbitrary tilt amount desired by the user can be stored in the storage unit 14 as the tilt amount of the monitor 2, and the monitor 2 can be tilted in response to a command input by operating the button 12. become. That is, when the control unit 13 detects that the user operates the button 12 provided on the upper end of the monitor 2 while the monitor 2 is standing up, the control unit 13 starts the process shown in the flowchart of FIG.

When the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6A is started, the control unit 13 drives the rotation drive motor 6 to rotate the monitor 2 downward and tilt it forward (step S11). At this time, the control unit 13 reads the tilt amount stored in the storage unit 14 and compares it with the tilt amount of the monitor 2 specified from the measurement result by the angle sensor 8 to determine the tilt amount of the monitor 2 desired by the user. It is detected that is tilted (step S12). The control unit 13
By stopping the drive of the rotation drive motor 6 based on the detection result (step S13), the monitor 2 is held in a tilted state by the tilt amount stored in the storage unit 14.

In this way, when the monitor 2 is tilted as shown by the broken line in FIG. 7, various switches such as a hazard switch provided on the instrument panel and a switch of the car audio device (enclosed by a dashed line in FIG. 7). Can be operated.

When the button 12 is operated again while the monitor 2 is tilted by the tilt amount desired by the user as described above, the control section 13 returns the monitor 2 to the upright state as shown in FIG. The process shown in the flowchart of (b) is started.

When the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6B is started, the control unit 13 drives the rotation drive motor 6 to rotate the monitor 2 in the upward direction (step S2).
1). At this time, the control unit 13 specifies the tilt amount of the monitor 2 based on the measurement result of the angle sensor 8 and detects that the monitor 2 is in the upright state (step S22). The control unit 13 stops driving the rotation drive motor 6 based on the detection result (step S2).
3) Hold the monitor 2 upright in front of the chassis 3.

As described above, according to the present invention,
The tilt amount of the monitor 2 desired by the user is stored in the storage unit 14, and the monitor 2 can be tilted in response to the operation of the button 12. Thus, the device body represented by the monitor 2 can be tilted from the upright state to the tilted state by a simple operation.

In the above embodiment, the electronic device main body is described as a monitor, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be any device capable of standing up / tilting, such as a touch panel and operation buttons.

The button for inputting a command to tilt the monitor does not have to be provided exclusively, and the monitor may be tilted in response to the operation of the already provided button. That is, according to the present invention, the vehicle-mounted device 1 described above can be executed by causing a control unit such as a computer included in a normal vehicle-mounted device to execute an operation program for realizing each of the processes described above, without using a dedicated device. Can function as. Here, all or part of the operation program may be recorded on a recording medium (IC memory, magnetic disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, magnetic tape) or the like and distributed. Furthermore, FT on the Internet
The operation program may be stored in a file system of a P (File Transfer Protocol) server or the like, and may be downloaded to the computer by superimposing it on a carrier wave, for example.

[0042]

According to the present invention, the device body can be tilted from the standing state to the tilted state of the tilt amount desired by the user by a simple operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a top view showing a configuration of an in-vehicle device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a control unit to which a feed drive motor, a rotation drive motor, an advance / retreat amount sensor, an angle sensor, and a button are connected,
It is a figure which shows a memory | storage part.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a monitor stands upright in front of a chassis.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a monitor is stored inside a chassis.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a process of setting a monitor tilt amount.

FIG. 6A is a flowchart for explaining a process of tilting the monitor to a tilt amount desired by a user, and FIG. 6B is a flowchart for explaining a process of returning the tilted monitor to an upright state. It is a flowchart.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the monitor is tilted.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a process in which a conventional vehicle-mounted device tilts the monitor.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 In-vehicle equipment 2 monitors 3 chassis 4 slide base 5 Feed drive motor 6 Rotation drive motor 7 Forward / backward sensor 8 angle sensor 12 buttons 13 Control unit 14 Memory

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A device main body that is housed inside a chassis so as to be able to move forward and backward, and is erected by being sent out to the front of the chassis and rotated to rotate, a storage unit that stores in advance the amount of inclination of the device main body, and the device. The apparatus includes an input unit for inputting a command for tilting the main body, and an operation control unit for controlling a forward / backward movement and a rotation operation of the device main body, wherein the operation control unit is a tilt command input by the input unit. In response to, the tilt amount stored in the storage means is read, and the device body is tilted by rotating the device body by the read tilt amount. 2. The operation control means tilts the device body in response to a tilting command input by the input means while the device body is standing upright in front of a chassis. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1. 3. The operation control means, in response to a command input by the input means in a state where the equipment body is tilted, rotates the equipment body to return to an upright state. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The vehicle-mounted device according to claim 1, wherein the operation control means stores an arbitrary inclination amount in the storage means. 5. The in-vehicle device according to claim 1, wherein the device body is a monitor that displays various kinds of information. 6. A method for controlling the operation of an in-vehicle device, comprising: a device body that is housed inside a chassis so as to be able to move forward and backward, and is sent up to the front of the chassis to stand up by being rotated. An inclination amount storing step of storing an inclination amount in a predetermined storage means in advance; a tilt command input step of receiving an input of a command to tilt the device body in a state where the device body stands upright in front of a chassis; In response to a tilt command input in the command input step, the tilt amount stored in the tilt amount storing step is read, and a tilt processing step of tilting the device body by rotating the read tilt amount, In response to a command input in a state where the device body is tilted, a standing-up returning step of rotating the device body to return it to the standing state is provided. Operation control method of a vehicle-mounted device to be. 7. A computer functioning as an in-vehicle device having a device body which is housed inside a chassis so as to be able to move forward and backward, and which is sent out to the front of the chassis to stand up by being rotated, and a tilt amount of the device body. An inclination amount storing step of storing the same in a predetermined storage unit in advance, a tilt command input step of receiving an input of a command to tilt the device body in a state where the device body stands upright in front of a chassis, and the tilt command input. In response to a tilt command input in step, the tilt amount stored in the tilt amount storing step is read, and a tilt processing step of tilting the device body by rotating the read tilt amount, and the device body. In response to a command input in the tilted state, the standing-up return step for rotating the device body to return it to the standing state is executed. Of the program.