JP2012123510A - Operation device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve load resistance, water resistance and dust resistance in an operation device for vehicles having a rotation operation unit which can be rotatably operated.SOLUTION: Two lengthy apertures 151 and 152 facing each other in parallel are formed on the upper surface part of a case of the operation device for vehicles. Rod-like rollers 61 and 62 supported to be rotatable around their own axes are disposed at the apertures 151 and 152. A shaft 50 supported to be rotatable around its own axis is disposed in arrangement space 31 within the case. A belt operation unit 16, which is a rotation operation unit with a strip-shaped belt made into a ring, is hung around the outsides of the rollers 61 and 62 and the shaft 50 so that part of the belt runs in parallel with an operation face 121d. An encoder plate is connected to the end part of the shaft 50. A detection unit for detecting operation of the belt operation unit 16 by detecting rotation of the encoder plate, and a substrate on which the detection unit is installed are arranged in the vicinity of the encoder plate.

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicular operating device that is provided in a vehicle interior and has an operating unit that is operated by a user.

  In recent years, in order to reduce the movement of the driver's line of sight, an increasing number of vehicles are provided with a display for displaying various types of information on the front part (instrument panel) in the passenger compartment near the driver's field of view. In such a vehicle, it is difficult for the driver's hand to reach the display, and a stable touch operation cannot be performed. Therefore, a remote operation device (vehicle operation device) that can remotely operate a switch displayed on a display is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). The remote control device of Patent Document 1 is provided on the center console on the side of the driver's seat so that the driver can easily operate. In addition, the remote operation device includes an operation knob that is operated to swing to move a cursor displayed on the display, a push switch that is operated to be pressed to determine execution of a specific process, and the like. It has an operation unit operated by the user.

  By the way, in the operation of the display, there is a case where a feed operation for switching or scrolling the screen so as to be a screen including a song name desired by the user may be required like the music selection on the audio music selection screen. When this feed operation is to be performed by the remote operation device, it is necessary to provide an operation unit suitable for the feed operation in the remote operation device. As an operation unit suitable for the feed operation, for example, it is conceivable to employ an operation unit capable of rotating operation such as a scroll wheel or a belt provided in a mouse or a mobile phone used in a personal computer (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  For example, Patent Document 2 discloses an operation device in which a crawler as a rotation operation unit is a rubber belt. A plurality of slits are formed in the rubber belt. The main body case of the operating device is provided with a photo interrupter composed of a light emitter and a light receiver arranged to face each other so as to sandwich a part (lower side) of a crawler (rubber belt). The amount of rotation of the crawler is detected based on a signal of light reaching the light receiver through the slit of the crawler.

JP 2009-214820 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-301712

  However, since the vehicle operating device is provided in the vehicle compartment, unlike the personal computer mouse and mobile phone, the structure of the rotary operation unit applied to the personal computer mouse and mobile phone is applied as it is for the following reasons. Can not do it. Here, FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the structure of a rotation operation unit employed in a mouse or a mobile phone. In addition, in FIG. 9, sectional drawing of the periphery of a rotation operation part is shown. As shown in FIG. 9, an opening 102 is formed in the upper surface portion 101 of the case 100 in which the rotation operation unit and the like are accommodated. In the arrangement space 103 inside the case 100, a disk-like (wheel-like) rotation operation unit 700 is arranged so that a part thereof protrudes from the opening 102. A shaft 300 is connected to the center of the rotation operation unit 700, and the shaft 300 is also rotated as the rotation operation unit 700 rotates. A device 400 (detector) such as a photo interrupter that detects the rotation of the shaft 300 is connected to the shaft 300. The device 400 also functions as a support unit that supports the shaft 300 and the rotation operation unit 700 connected thereto. In the arrangement space 103 in which the rotation operation unit 700 is arranged, a substrate 500 on which the device 400 is mounted is also arranged. The substrate 500 operates the device 400 and transmits an operation signal indicating the rotation amount and rotation direction of the shaft 300 (rotation operation unit 700) detected by the device 400 to the apparatus side (PC side). is there.

  When the operating device having the above structure is applied to a vehicle, firstly, load bearing performance becomes a problem. Specifically, when the operation device is provided on the center console, when the user gets on and off the vehicle, the user may put a large load on the operation device by striking the operation device provided on the center console. It is expected that there will be. The rotation operation unit 700 in FIG. 9 has a wheel shape, and a part of the wheel protrudes from the upper surface portion 101. Therefore, the rotation operation unit 700 has a structure in which a load is particularly easily applied. In this case, the structure shown in FIG. 9 is not designed to receive a large load, and thus the rotation operation unit 700, the device 400 connected thereto, and the substrate 500 may be damaged.

  Second, water resistance and dust resistance are problems. Specifically, water or dust may enter the case 100 through a gap between the opening 102 and the rotation operation unit 700. In this case, the device 400 and the substrate 500 may be damaged by water or dust that has entered. Further, when the operation device is provided on the center console, the center console may be provided with a cup holder for placing a beverage container. In this case, the operation device is particularly wet with drinking water. It becomes easy.

  In this regard, in the operation device of Patent Document 2, since the crawler as the rotation operation unit is a rubber belt, it can be said that the structure is less likely to apply a large load to the detection unit and the substrate than the scroll wheel. However, because the detection unit (photo interrupter) that detects the amount of rotation of the crawler is provided so as to sandwich a part (lower side) of the crawler, a large load applied to the crawler is mounted on the detection unit and its detection unit There is a possibility that it will be transmitted to the printed circuit board. That is, the load bearing performance is insufficient. Further, in the operation device of Patent Document 2, it is necessary to provide a detection unit and a substrate near the slit formed in the crawler. For this reason, water and dust entering from the opening formed in the upper surface of the main body case are used. There is a risk that the detection unit and the substrate may be damaged. That is, the water resistance and dust resistance are also insufficient.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in a vehicular operating device having a rotation operation unit, firstly, load resistance can be improved, and secondly, water resistance and dust resistance can be improved. It is an object to provide a vehicular operating device.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a vehicle operating device according to the present invention has a case in which two elongated first openings facing each other in parallel are formed on the upper surface portion, with an arrangement space inside,
A belt-like belt is formed in an annular shape, and the arrangement is made through the two first openings so that a part of the belt follows an operation surface between the two first openings in the upper surface portion. A belt operation unit that is arranged in a space, and the belt is slidable in the direction of the first opening on the operation surface;
A shaft that is hung around the belt in the arrangement space and rotated about its own axis in accordance with a slide operation of the belt operation unit;
And a board on which a detection unit that detects the operation of the belt operation unit by detecting the rotation of the shaft is mounted in the arrangement space.

  According to this, the space between the two openings formed in the upper surface portion of the case is the operation surface, and the belt operation portion as the rotation operation portion is provided along the operation surface, so the load applied to the belt operation portion Can be received on the operation surface. Therefore, it is possible to prevent damage to the detection unit and the substrate arranged in the case. That is, load bearing performance can be improved. Moreover, since the detection unit is configured to indirectly detect the operation of the belt operation unit by detecting the rotation of the shaft, the detection unit and the substrate are disposed at a position away from the belt operation unit. Can do. Therefore, the load bearing performance can be further improved. In addition, it is possible to prevent the detection unit and the substrate from being damaged by water or dust entering from the first opening formed in the upper surface part. That is, water resistance and dust resistance can be improved. Furthermore, since the belt operation part is provided along the operation surface, the design can be improved as compared with the case where a scroll wheel partially protruding from the case is employed.

  Further, the substrate in the above-described vehicle operating device is characterized in that it is arranged near one end of the shaft.

  As described above, the substrate (and the detection unit) is arranged near one end of the shaft, so that the substrate and the detection unit are not arranged in the immediate vicinity of the belt operation unit and directly below the first opening. be able to. Thereby, load bearing performance, moisture resistance performance, and dust resistance performance can be improved.

Further, in the above vehicle operation device, the shaft has a plurality of convex protrusions formed at regular intervals along the circumferential direction of the shaft,
The belt of the belt operation unit includes a plurality of insertion ports formed at regular intervals along a sliding operation direction and into which the convex portion is inserted.

  According to this, since the convex part formed in the shaft is inserted into the insertion port formed in the belt of the belt operating part at the part where the shaft and the belt of the belt operating part are in contact, the sliding of the belt operating part The shaft can be reliably rotated with the operation. Therefore, the operation of the belt operation unit can be detected with high accuracy.

  Further, the vehicle operating device includes a rod-like roller provided rotatably around its own axis in the first opening, and a roller around which the belt of the belt operating unit is wound. It is characterized by that.

  According to this, the first opening is provided with the roller around which the belt of the belt operation unit is wound, so that the belt operation unit can be easily operated by the roller.

  Further, in the above-described vehicle operating device, a second opening is formed in a portion of the arrangement space below the upper surface portion of the case.

  According to this, since the second opening is formed in the portion below the upper surface portion of the arrangement space, water or dust that has entered from the first opening can be discharged from the lower second opening. it can. Therefore, the water resistance and dust resistance can be further improved.

It is the figure which showed the compartment 200. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an operation main body unit 11. FIG. FIG. 6 is a view showing the vicinity of a front end side 121c of an upper surface part 121. It is the figure which showed the structure inside case 12 when it cuts by the AA line of Fig.3 (a). It is the figure which showed the structure of the belt operation part 16 periphery when it sees from the BB arrow direction of FIG. It is the figure which showed the structure of the belt operation part 16 periphery when it sees from the CC arrow direction of FIG. FIG. 5 is a view showing a shaft 50. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an output signal of a photo interrupter 21. It is sectional drawing of the rotation operation part periphery in the conventional operating device.

  Embodiments of a vehicle operating device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a passenger compartment 200 in which a remote operation device 10 as a vehicle operation device is mounted. As shown in FIG. 1, the vehicle compartment 200 is provided with a display 1 in the instrument panel portion in front of the driver's seat 250. The display 1 displays various kinds of information useful when the vehicle travels. Specifically, for example, a map screen in the navigation device, a destination setting screen, and a music selection screen in audio are displayed. The display 1 is a touch panel provided with a touch sensor, and displays various operation switches for operating on-vehicle devices such as a navigation device and audio. The operation switch is a switch that causes the in-vehicle device to execute a specific process when a touch operation is performed. Examples of the operation switch include a destination setting button for switching to a destination setting screen for setting a destination and a character button for inputting a destination (character) on the destination setting screen. The display 1 also displays a feed operation switch such as a scroll bar for performing a feed operation on the screen displayed on the display 1 as an operation switch.

  Each operation switch displayed on the display 1 can also be operated by the remote operation device 10. The remote operation device 10 includes an operation main body 11 and a remote operation ECU 2. The operation main body 11 is provided on the center console CB between the driver seat 250 and the passenger seat (not shown), and various operation portions (see FIG. 2) operated by the driver P are provided. When these operation parts are operated, the operation signal is sent to the remote control ECU 2. The remote operation ECU 2 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and controls the in-vehicle device so as to execute processing according to the operation signal received from the operation main body unit 11.

  Here, FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the operation main body 11. As shown in FIG. 2, the operation main body 11 is configured such that a plurality of operation parts 13, 14, 16 are disposed on the surface of the case 12. The case 12 has an elongated shape in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, and an upper surface portion 121 facing the upper side of the vehicle, the left side of the vehicle (passenger seat) so that the driver P can easily grip the operation body portion 11. The left side surface 122 facing the side) and the right side surface 123 facing the right side of the vehicle (driver seat 250 side). That is, when the driver P operates the operation main body 11 like a mouse of a personal computer, the palm of the left hand of the driver P is on the upper surface 121 of the case 12 and the little finger side of the left hand is on the left side 122 of the case 12. The case 12 is configured so that the thumb side of the left hand is positioned on the right side surface 123 of the case 12. Note that the case 12 is made of, for example, ABS resin.

  A front side 121a (driver seat 250 side) of the upper surface 121 of the case 12 is a palm rest portion on which a palm is placed. In addition, an opening 121b is formed in the upper surface portion 121 on the tip side from the palm rest portion 121a. The operation knob 13 is provided so as to be exposed from the opening 121b. The operation knob 13 is supported in a swingable manner inside the case 12. Thereby, the operation knob 13 can be swung in a two-dimensional direction within the surface of the upper surface portion 121. A detection unit (not shown) that detects the operation direction and the operation amount of the operation knob 13 is provided inside the case 12. When the operation knob 13 is operated, an operation signal indicating the operation direction and the operation amount detected by the detection unit is transmitted to the remote operation ECU 2. The remote operation ECU 2 moves the cursor displayed on the display 1 to a position corresponding to the operation signal, for example.

  In addition, a reaction force generation mechanism (not shown) including a motor or the like that applies a reaction force to the operation knob 13 is provided inside the case 12. For example, when the cursor displayed on the display 1 is moved by the reaction force generation mechanism, a reaction force is applied to the operation knob 13 so that the cursor is pulled to a position where the operation switch is located.

  A belt-like belt operation unit 16 is provided on the distal end side 121 c of the upper surface part 121. The belt operation unit 16 is an operation unit that can be slid in the front-rear direction of the case 12 (the front-rear direction of the vehicle). The belt operation unit 16 is, for example, an operation unit for performing a feed operation for switching or scrolling the screen displayed on the display 1. Specifically, when the belt operation unit 16 is operated in the forward direction 7a (see FIG. 3), a forward feed operation to advance to the next screen is performed, and when operated in the reverse direction 7b (see FIG. 3). The backward operation to return to the previous screen is performed. For example, the scroll amount of the screen is increased as the operation amount of the belt operation unit 16 is increased. The belt operation unit 16 is a characteristic part of the present invention and will be described in detail later.

  A push switch 14 that is pressed down in a direction orthogonal to the left side surface part 122 is provided on the left side surface part 122 of the case 12. The push switch 14 is, for example, an enter switch for confirming selection of an operation switch displayed on the display 1, a menu switch for returning the display 1 to the menu screen, or a map display for changing the display 1 to a map display. It is assumed to be a switch. A detection unit (not shown) that detects the operation of the push switch 14 is provided inside the case 12.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the case 12 has a back side surface portion 124 that is bent at a substantially right angle from the front end of the upper surface portion 121 (the front end side 121 c) and faces the vehicle front side. The back side surface portion 124 is formed with a discharge port 17 corresponding to the “second opening” of the present invention. The discharge port 17 is an opening connected to an arrangement space 31 (see FIG. 4) inside the case 12 in which the belt operation unit 16 is arranged.

  Next, details of the belt operation unit 16 will be described. Here, FIG. 3 is a view showing the vicinity of the distal end side 121c of the upper surface portion 121. Specifically, FIG. 3A shows a plan view when the vicinity of the distal end side 121c is viewed from above. FIG. 3B is a view in which the belt operation unit 16 is removed from FIG. In FIG. 3, the illustrated direction is changed from the direction in FIG. 2 so that the upper side in FIG. 3 is the front side of the vehicle. FIG. 4 shows the internal structure of the case 12 when the case 12 is cut along line AA in FIG. 3A is a line passing through the center of the case 12 in the width direction. FIG. 5 shows a structure around the belt operation unit 16 when viewed from the direction of arrows BB in FIG. 4 is a line along the two openings 151 and 152 and the operation surface 121d. Further, in FIG. 5, illustration of the plurality of insertion ports 161 formed in the belt operation unit 16 is omitted. FIG. 6 shows the structure around the belt operation unit 16 when viewed from the direction of the arrow C-C in FIG. 4 is a line extending through the shaft 50 in the left-right direction on the paper surface. 7 is a view showing the shaft 50 of FIGS. 4 and 6. Specifically, FIG. 7 (a) is a perspective view of the shaft 50, and FIG. 7 (b) is D in FIG. 7 (a). The shaft 50 is shown when viewed from the direction of the arrow. Note that the direction of arrow D in FIG. 7A is a direction orthogonal to the cross section of the end of the shaft 50.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (b), two openings 151 and 152 corresponding to the “first opening” of the present invention are formed on the distal end side 121 c of the upper surface portion 121. The openings 151 and 152 are formed so as to face each other in parallel in the plane of the upper surface portion 121 at the center position in the width direction of the upper surface portion 121. The openings 151 and 152 have the same shape and are elongated in the width direction of the case 12.

  Each of the openings 151 and 152 is provided with rod-shaped rollers 61 and 62. Specifically, the first roller 61 is formed on the rear side in the first opening 151 formed on the front side. A second roller 62 is provided in the second opening 152. The rollers 61 and 62 are provided at substantially the same height as the openings 151 and 152 so as not to protrude from the openings 151 and 152. As shown in FIG. 5, the rollers 61 and 62 have the same length as the belt width of the belt operation unit 16. As shown in FIG. 5, the first roller 61 is supported by a first roller support portion 71 provided in the arrangement space 31 inside the case 12, and the second roller 62 is provided in the arrangement space 31. The second roller support portion 72 is supported. More specifically, insertion holes (not shown) through which the shafts of the rollers 61 and 62 are inserted are formed in the roller support portions 71 and 72. The rollers 61 and 62 are supported so as to be rotatable around their own axes in such a manner that the shafts of the rollers 61 and 62 are inserted through the insertion holes. Each of the roller support portions 71 and 72 is formed integrally with the case 12 so as to be connected to the back surface of the upper surface portion 121, for example. The rollers 61 and 62 are made of resin such as polyacetal (POM).

  As shown in FIG. 4, a rod-shaped shaft 50 is provided in the arrangement space 31 inside the case 12. More specifically, the shaft 50 is provided so that the axis thereof faces the width direction of the case 12. Further, the shaft 50 is provided not below the first opening 151 or the second opening 152 but below the operation surface 121d (see FIG. 4). As shown in FIG. 7 (a), the shaft 50 is provided on the outer side of the central shaft 51 between the central shaft 51 made of metal such as SUS and both end portions 51a and 51b of the central shaft 51. It is comprised from the outer side shaft 52 formed with this resin. As shown in FIG. 7B, convex portions 521 are formed on the outer shaft 52 at regular intervals along the circumferential direction of the outer shaft 52. Each convex portion 521 is convex in the radial direction of the outer shaft 52. Each convex portion 521 has an elongated shape that extends in the length direction of the outer shaft 52.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the shaft 50 is supported by shaft support portions 731 and 732 provided in the arrangement space 31. More specifically, each shaft support portion 731, 732 is formed with an insertion hole (not shown) through which the central axis 51 of the shaft 50 is inserted. Then, one end portion 51 a of the central shaft 51 is inserted into an insertion hole formed in the first shaft support portion 731 provided on the right side (the right side in FIG. 6) of the arrangement space 31. The other end 51b is inserted into an insertion hole formed in the second shaft support portion 732 provided on the left side of the arrangement space 31 (the left side in FIG. 6). As a result, the shaft 50 is rotatable about its own axis. The shaft support portions 731 and 732 are formed integrally with the case 12 so as to be connected to the bottom surface portion (not shown) of the case 12, for example.

  The belt operation unit 16 is a belt-shaped belt having a constant width formed into an annular shape. The belt of the belt operation unit 16 is formed of a soft material such as elastomer or silicon. When the operation surface 121d is formed between the two openings 151 and 152 in the upper surface 121 of the case 12, the belt operation unit 16 passes through the two openings 151 and 152 so that a part of the belt operation unit 16 extends along the operation surface 121d. It arrange | positions in the inside arrangement | positioning space 31 (refer FIG. 4). More specifically, the belt operation unit 16 is provided so as to be wound around the outer sides of the rollers 61 and 62 provided in the openings 151 and 152. Moreover, the belt operation part 16 is provided in the arrangement | positioning space 31 so that the lower side (lower side of the paper surface of FIG. 4) of the shaft 50 may be hung around. In addition, the operation surface 121d is curved upward (upward on the paper surface of FIG. 4) in a cross-sectional view of FIG. 4 in order to improve design.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the belt 161 of the belt operation unit 16 has an opening 161 that is elongated in the width direction of the belt at regular intervals along the length direction (vertical direction in FIG. 5). Is formed. The opening 161 is an insertion port into which the convex portion 521 formed on the outer shaft 52 of the shaft 50 is inserted at a portion where the shaft 50 and the belt of the belt operation unit 16 are in contact with each other. Therefore, each insertion port 161 has a shape into which the convex portion 521 of the shaft 50 can be inserted, specifically, a width and length substantially the same as the width and length of the convex portion 521. Further, the interval between the two adjacent insertion ports 161 is the same as the interval between the two adjacent convex portions 521.

  In the belt operation unit 16 provided as described above, the portion 160 (see FIG. 3A) exposed on the operation surface 121d functions as an operation unit operated by the user. That is, as shown in FIG. 3A, the operation unit 160 has a direction 7a toward the first opening 151 on the front side (hereinafter referred to as “forward direction”) or a direction 7b toward the second opening 152 on the rear side ( Hereinafter, the slide operation is possible in the “reverse direction”. Since the front-rear direction of the case 12 and the front-rear direction of the vehicle are the same, the forward direction 7a in FIG. 3A is a direction toward the front side of the vehicle, and the reverse direction 7b is toward the rear side of the vehicle. It is considered to be a direction. When the operation unit 160 is slid, the entire belt of the belt operation unit 16 is moved (rotated) along the path outside the first roller 61, the second roller 62, and the shaft 50. .

  When the operation unit 160 is slid, the rollers 61 and 62 provided in the openings 151 and 152 are rotated about their own axes. In other words, the operation unit 160 is easily slid by rotating the rollers 61 and 62. When the operation unit 160 is slid, the shaft 50 is rotated around its own axis. At this time, since the convex portion 521 of the shaft 50 is inserted into the insertion port 161 of the belt operation unit 16, the shaft 50 is rotated by an amount corresponding to the operation amount of the belt operation unit 16. In addition, when the belt operation part 16 is operated and the shaft 50 is rotated and the contact part of the belt operation part 16 and the shaft 50 changes, the convex part 521 formed in the new contact part differs. It will be inserted into the slot 161.

  When the arrangement space 31 in which the belt operation unit 16 is arranged is the first arrangement space, as shown in FIG. 6, the second is adjacent to the first arrangement space 31 with the first shaft support portion 731 in between. An arrangement space 32 is provided. In the second arrangement space 32, a detection unit, a substrate and the like for detecting the operation of the belt operation unit 16 are arranged. Specifically, the encoder plate 20, the photo interrupter 21, and the substrate 22 are arranged in the second arrangement space 32. The encoder plate 20 is a disk-like plate whose center is connected to one end 51a of the central axis 51 of the shaft 50, and a plurality of slits (not shown) are provided at regular intervals along the circumferential direction. It is a formed board. The encoder plate 20 is rotated around the shaft 50 (center axis 51) in accordance with the operation of the belt operation unit 16.

  The photo interrupter 21 is a component that functions as a detection unit that detects the operation of the belt operation unit 16, and includes a transmitter 21a that transmits infrared light (see FIG. 6) and a receiver 21b that receives infrared light (FIG. 6). Reference). The transmitter 21a and the receiver 21b are provided at positions facing each other with the encoder plate 20 interposed therebetween. When the slit formed in the encoder plate 20 is located between the transmitter 21a and the receiver 21b, the infrared light transmitted from the transmitter 21a is received by the receiver 21b. On the other hand, when the slit is not positioned between the transmitter 21a and the receiver 21b, the infrared light transmitted from the transmitter 21a is not received by the receiver 21b. Therefore, the receiver 21b periodically receives the pulse 3 signal as the encoder plate 20 rotates (operation of the belt operation unit 16), as shown in FIG. The pulse 3 is a signal corresponding to a slit formed in the encoder plate 20. Since the slits are formed at regular intervals in the circumferential direction of the encoder plate 20, the number of pulses 3 is a value corresponding to the rotation amount of the encoder plate 20, that is, the operation amount of the belt operation unit 16. . Therefore, the operation amount of the belt operation unit 16 can be detected by counting the number of pulses 3.

  The photo interrupter 21 includes two sets of photo interrupters 211 and 212 as shown in FIG. 6 in order to detect the operation direction of the belt operation unit 16. The slits formed in the encoder plate 20 are formed so that the slits through which the infrared light of one photointerrupter 211 passes and the slits through which the infrared light of the other photointerrupter 212 pass are out of phase with each other. ing. Thereby, when the belt operation unit 16 is operated in the forward direction 7a (see FIG. 3) and when it is operated in the reverse direction 7b (see FIG. 3), the output signal of one photo interrupter 211 is It is possible to switch whether the phase is advanced or delayed with respect to the output signal of the photo interrupter 212. Therefore, the operation direction of the belt operation unit 16 can be detected by looking at the phase of each output signal.

  The photo interrupter 21 (photo interrupters 211 and 212) is mounted on the substrate 22. The substrate 22 is provided in the second arrangement space 32, and in FIG. 6, the substrate surface is provided in the second arrangement space 32 so as to face the case 12. Note that the substrate 22 may be provided in any orientation as long as it is within the second arrangement space 32. The substrate 22 operates the photo interrupter 21, determines the operation amount and operation direction of the belt operation unit 16 from the pulse signal (see FIG. 8) detected by the photo interrupter 21, and indicates the operation amount and operation direction. This is a board on which various circuits for transmitting the operation signal to the remote control ECU 2 are mounted.

  As described above, in the remote operation device 10 according to the present embodiment, the rotation operation unit for performing the feeding operation is the belt-like belt operation unit 16, so that the load applied to the belt operation unit 16 is manipulated. It can be received by the surface 121d. Therefore, it can prevent that a big load is applied to the photo interrupter 21 and the board | substrate 22, and can prevent those 21 and 22 being damaged. In addition, since the operation of the belt operation unit 16 is indirectly detected through the shaft 50, the photo interrupter 21 and the substrate 22 can be provided at a position away from the belt operation unit 16. Therefore, the load resistance performance can be further improved, and the water resistance performance and the dust resistance performance can also be improved. Further, a first shaft support portion 731 that supports the shaft 50 is provided between the first arrangement space 31 in which the belt operation unit 16 is arranged and the second arrangement space 32 in which the photo interrupter 21 and the substrate 22 are arranged. Since it is provided, water and dust that have entered the first arrangement space 31 from the openings 151 and 152 can be blocked by the first shaft support portion 731.

  Further, since the discharge port 17 is formed in the back side surface portion 124 of the case 12, water and dust that have entered from the openings 151 and 152 can be discharged from the discharge port 17. Therefore, the water resistance and dust resistance can be further improved. Furthermore, since the belt operation unit 16 is provided along the operation surface 121d, the design can be improved as compared with the case where a scroll wheel is employed.

1 Display 2 Remote control ECU
10 Remote control device (Vehicle control device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Operation main-body part 12 Case 121 Upper surface part 121d Operation surface 151,152 Opening (1st opening)
16 Belt Operation Unit 160 Operation Unit 161 Insertion Port 17 Discharge Port (Second Opening)
20 Encoder plate 21, 211, 212 Photo interrupter (detection unit)
22 Substrate 31 First Arrangement Space 32 Second Arrangement Space 50 Shaft 51 Center Axis 51a, 51b End of Shaft 52 Outer Axis 521 Convex 61, 62 Roller 71, 72 Roller Support 731, 732 Shaft Support 200 Car Room

Claims (5)

A case having an arrangement space inside, and two elongated first openings facing each other in parallel on the upper surface portion;
A belt-like belt is formed in an annular shape, and the arrangement is made through the two first openings so that a part of the belt follows an operation surface between the two first openings in the upper surface portion. A belt operation unit that is arranged in a space, and the belt is slidable in the direction of the first opening on the operation surface;
A shaft that is hung around the belt in the arrangement space and rotated about its own axis in accordance with a slide operation of the belt operation unit;
A vehicle operating device provided in a vehicle interior, comprising: a substrate disposed in the arrangement space and mounted with a detection unit that detects an operation of the belt operation unit by detecting rotation of the shaft. .   The vehicle operating device according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is disposed in the vicinity of one end of the shaft. The shaft has a plurality of convex protrusions formed at regular intervals along the circumferential direction of the shaft,
3. The belt according to claim 1, wherein the belt of the belt operation unit has a plurality of insertion ports into which the convex portions are inserted, which are formed at regular intervals along a sliding operation direction. Vehicle operating device.   4. A rod-like roller provided in the first opening so as to be rotatable about its own axis, comprising a roller around which a belt of the belt operating unit is wound from the outside. The vehicle operating device according to any one of the above.   5. The vehicular operating device according to claim 1, wherein a second opening is formed in a portion of the arrangement space below the upper surface portion of the case.

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