JP2017077828A - Vehicle instrument panel structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle instrument panel structure in which a touch tracer is disposed within a driver's visible area, and which is provided with a palm rest.SOLUTION: An instrument panel 10 is formed with a table 42 and on the table 42, a touch tracer 44 is provided for operating settings of a control device 36 shown in a display 28. The touch tracer 44 is disposed within a range where an angle θ, which is formed from a base line P having an eye point EP of a driver D as a base toward downward with the eye point EP as the center, becomes approximately less than 40 degrees. That means, the touch tracer 44 is disposed within the visible area θ of the driver D. Also, inside the table 42, an accommodation part 46 is provided, and a palm rest 50 is arranged capable of being accommodated in the accommodation part 46. The palm rest 50, when operating the touch tracer 44, is arranged to support the wrists of the driver D by protruding inside the vehicle cabin 14 side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle instrument panel structure.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a switch unit (touch tracer) for operating an air conditioner device, a navigation system, and the like and a palm (wrist) when operating the switch unit are placed on the center console. Therefore, a technology in which a palm rest is integrally formed is disclosed. This reduces the burden on the operator's wrist when operating the switch unit.

JP 2009-132263 A

  However, in this prior art, since the switch part is arrange | positioned at the upper part of the center console, the position of the said switch part will remove | deviate from a driver | operator's visual recognition area. For this reason, when operating a switch part, a driver | operator needs to look for the position of the said switch part by fumbling, and there exists room for the further improvement in this point.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said subject, and it aims at providing the instrument panel structure for vehicles in which a touch tracer is arrange | positioned in a driver | operator's visual recognition area, and is provided with the palm rest.

  The instrument panel structure for a vehicle according to the invention described in claim 1 is disposed on a pedestal provided in a driver's visual recognition area in an instrument panel disposed in a front portion of a vehicle interior, and the instrument panel includes An operation unit capable of changing the setting of the control device displayed on the provided display screen, and the operation unit is operated while being retracted to the inside of the pedestal or the lower side of the pedestal and protruded toward the vehicle interior side And a palm rest that can be supported by the wrist.

  In the vehicle instrument panel structure according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the instrument panel disposed in the front portion of the vehicle interior, the operation portion is disposed on a pedestal provided in the driver's visual recognition area. . By operating this operation unit, the setting of the control device displayed on the display screen provided on the instrument panel can be changed. Here, the palm rest is retracted to the inside of the pedestal or to the lower side of the pedestal when the operation unit is not operated, and is operated by the operator who operates the operation unit in a state of protruding to the vehicle interior side when operating the operation unit. The wrist is supported.

  That is, the palm rest is disposed at an appropriate position as necessary, and when not in use, the palm rest is disposed inside the pedestal or on the lower side of the pedestal, thereby ensuring design in the vehicle interior. . And when operating an operation part, since a wrist is supported by a palm rest, the burden of an operator's wrist is reduced.

  As described above, the vehicle instrument panel structure according to the first aspect of the invention has an excellent effect that the touch tracer is disposed in the driver's visual recognition area and includes the palm rest.

It is a perspective view which shows the instrument panel and center console to which the instrument panel structure for vehicles which concerns on this Embodiment was applied. It is a side view which shows an instrument panel and a center console when it sees from the left side of the center console shown in FIG. The principal part of the instrument panel structure for vehicles which concerns on this Embodiment is shown, (A) is a principal part expansion perspective view which shows the state by which the palm rest was evacuated, (B) is a palm rest protruding. It is a principal part expansion perspective view which shows the state. (A) is sectional drawing when cut | disconnected along the 4 (A) -4 (A) line | wire of FIG. 3 (A), (B) is 4 (B)-of FIG. 3 (B). It is sectional drawing when cut | disconnected along 4 (B) line. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action of the instrument panel structure for vehicles which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the instrument panel structure for vehicles which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 1 which shows the modification (1) of the instrument panel structure for vehicles which concerns on this Embodiment. The modification (3) of the instrument panel structure for vehicles which concerns on this Embodiment is shown, (A) is a perspective view corresponding to FIG. 3 (A) and (B), (B) FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view corresponding to FIG. (A) is an operation | movement figure of the palm rest which shows the modification (4) of the instrument panel structure for vehicles which concerns on this Embodiment, (B) is the modification (5) of the said instrument panel structure for vehicles. It is an operation | movement figure of the palm rest which shows.

  Hereinafter, an instrument panel structure for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The arrow FR, arrow UP, and arrow W appropriately described in each figure indicate the front direction, the upward direction, and the vehicle width direction of the automobile (vehicle) 12 to which the vehicle instrument panel structure 11 is applied, respectively. In the case of simply indicating up and down, front and back, and the vehicle width direction, these correspond to the directions of the arrows.

(Configuration of vehicle instrument panel structure)
First, the configuration of the vehicle instrument panel structure according to the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the instrument panel 10 constitutes a front portion 15 of a vehicle interior 14 of a vehicle 12, and is an instrument that bridges between left and right front pillars (not shown) along the vehicle width direction. It is attached to the panel reinforcement and covers an air conditioner (not shown) from above. Here, a combination meter 16 is provided on the right side of the instrument panel 10 in the vehicle width direction, and the vehicle 12 has a right handle specification, but may have a left handle specification.

  The instrument panel 10 is provided at the front portion 10A of the instrument panel 10 and extends in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle front-rear direction, and the rear portion 10B of the instrument panel 10 is provided at the vehicle width direction. And the vertical wall part 20 extended in the vehicle up-down direction is comprised.

  The top plate portion 18 is formed so as to be gently inclined downward toward the rear side, and a front windshield glass (not shown) is provided on the front side of the top plate portion 18. Further, a front defroster 22 is provided at the front end of the top plate portion 18, and air whose temperature is adjusted by an air conditioner (not shown) is sent to the front windshield glass (not shown) side through the front defroster 22. It is like that.

  Further, in the central portion of the rear end side of the top plate 18 in the vehicle width direction, for example, setting conditions of an audio device 24 and an air conditioner device 26 described later, a guidance map screen of the navigation system 27 (see FIG. 6), and the like are provided. The display 28 to be displayed is arranged in a standing state. The display 28 is located at a lower portion 28A of the display 28 and is centered on an axis Q along the vehicle width direction, and automatically or manually stands up during use (during operation) and moves forward when not in use. It may be.

  On the other hand, the vertical wall portion 20 is formed on the front side of a driver seat and a passenger seat (not shown) so as to incline toward the front side toward the lower side, and is a passenger seated in the driver seat and the passenger seat. The space is sufficiently secured.

  In addition, an inclined portion 30 that is inclined downward toward the rear side is provided at the center of the vertical wall portion 20 in the vehicle width direction. The inclined portion 30 is connected to a center console 32 disposed along the vehicle front-rear direction between the driver seat and the passenger seat. On the inclined portion 30 side of the center console 32, a curved portion 34 that swells greatly toward the vehicle front side is provided. That is, the curved portion 34 is formed below the inclined portion 30. A cup holder 31 and an armrest 33 are provided on the rear side of the bending portion 34.

  Further, the inclined portion 30 is provided with a control device 36 for setting the environment of the vehicle interior 14. For example, the above-described audio device 24 is disposed above the inclined portion 30, and an air conditioner device 26 is disposed below the audio device 24. On the lower side of the air conditioner device 26, an accessory case 38 (see FIG. 1) is provided on the left side of the inclined portion 30 in the vehicle width direction, and the shift lever 40 is disposed on the right side of the inclined portion 30 in the vehicle width direction. Has been.

  As described above, the inclined portion 30 is inclined downward as it goes rearward, and the curved portion 34 that swells greatly toward the front side of the vehicle is provided below the inclined portion 30. For this reason, the lower portion 30 </ b> A of the inclined portion 30 protrudes from the curved portion 34 toward the vehicle rear side.

  A plate-like pedestal 42 is formed from the curved portion 34 so as to project substantially horizontally toward the vehicle rear side. The pedestal 42 has a substantially rectangular shape in plan view, and a touch tracer (operation unit) 44 having a rectangular shape in plan view is buried in the rear portion 42A of the pedestal 42. The touch tracer 44 performs operations of incidental equipment such as the audio device 24, the air conditioner device 26, and the navigation system 27 (see FIG. 6) by touch operation input. Therefore, a predetermined screen is displayed on the display 28 in accordance with the operation input information from the touch tracer 44.

  Here, in general, the visual recognition area θ of the driver D in the vertical direction of the vehicle is an angle formed downward from the reference line P based on the eye point EP of the driver D about the eye point EP, and θ Is a range of about 40 degrees or less. For this reason, in this embodiment, the touch tracer 44 is disposed so as to be within this range.

  3A is an enlarged view of the rear portion 42A of the pedestal 42 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4A is cut along line 4 (A) -4 (A) shown in FIG. FIG. As shown in FIGS. 3A and 4A, the rear portion 42 </ b> A of the pedestal 42 is provided with an accommodating portion 46 inside the pedestal 42. As shown in FIG. 3B, a pair of openings 48 connected to the housing portion 46 are formed on the rear end surface 42 </ b> B of the pedestal 42 on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the pedestal 42.

  As shown in FIG. 4B, support pieces 52 and 54 described later in the palm rest 50 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 46 (retracted position of the palm rest 50; P0). When the touch tracer 44 is operated, the palm rest 50 protrudes (exposes) toward the passenger compartment 14 and supports the wrist of the driver D as shown in FIG. 2 ( The protruding position of the palm rest 50; P1). Here, the driver D is described as the operator (operator) who operates the touch tracer 44, but the operator is not necessarily limited to the driver D. However, since it is easier to understand that the operator and the driver are the same, the operator will be described as “driver D”.

  As shown in FIG. 3 (B), the palm rest 50 has a substantially U shape with the front side opened in plan view, and can be arranged on both outer sides of the touch tracer 44 in the vehicle width direction. Support pieces 52 and 54, and a support portion 56 that connects the support pieces 52 and the support pieces 54 and supports the driver D (see FIG. 2) on the wrist. In a state where the support pieces 52 and 54 are accommodated in the accommodation portion 46, the touch tracer 44 embedded in the base 42 is disposed between the support pieces 52 and the support pieces 54, and the support portion 56 is disposed on the vehicle interior 14 side. Exposed.

  As shown in FIG. 3B and FIG. 4B, a motor 58 capable of rotating in the forward and reverse directions is disposed in the housing portion 46, and a pinion 62 is fixed to the shaft portion 60 of the motor 58. Has been. On the other hand, a pair of upper and lower guide rails 64 and 66 are provided along the front-rear direction on the side wall 46A (see FIG. 4A) of the accommodating portion 46 that faces the support pieces 52 and 54 of the palm rest 50, respectively. .

  Between the guide rail 64 and the guide rail 66, support pieces 52 and 54 are arranged so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. The guide rail 66 is shorter than the guide rail 64 in order to avoid interference with the pinion 62.

  A rack portion 68 is formed at the lower end of the support piece 52 along the front-rear direction. With the support piece 52 disposed between the guide rail 64 and the guide rail 66, a part of the rack portion 68 is formed. It can mesh with the pinion 62. For this reason, when the motor 58 is driven to rotate forward, the pinion 62 rotates forward via the motor 58 and the shaft portion 60.

  As described above, since the rack portion 68 of the support piece 52 is engaged with the pinion 62, when the pinion 62 rotates forward, the palm rest 50 protrudes toward the vehicle interior 14 via the rack portion 68 and the support piece 52. It is like that.

  Incidentally, the motor 58 is electrically connected to an ECU (Electrtronic Control Unit) 70. The ECU 70 is electrically connected to the touch tracer 44 and can detect the time that the finger is in contact with the touch tracer 44.

(Operation and effect of instrument panel structure for vehicles)
Next, functions and effects of the vehicle instrument panel structure according to the present embodiment will be described.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a pedestal 42 is formed on the instrument panel 10, and a touch tracer 44 for operating the setting of the control device 36 displayed on the display 28 is provided on the pedestal 42. It has been. The touch tracer 44 is disposed at a position where an angle formed downward from the reference line P with the eye point EP of the driver D as a reference is about 40 degrees or less. That is, the touch tracer 44 is disposed in the visual recognition area θ of the driver D.

  By the way, although not shown, for example, when the touch tracer 44 is disposed on the center console 32, the driver D places the wrist on the upper surface of the center console 32 as a support portion for supporting the wrist ( Support). However, in this case, the touch tracer 44 is arranged outside the visual recognition area θ of the driver D. On the other hand, when the touch tracer 44 is disposed on the instrument panel 10, the touch tracer 44 is disposed in the visual recognition area θ of the driver D, but on the lower side of the wrist of the driver D. Since there is no member corresponding to the support portion, the wrist is not supported.

  In contrast, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a pedestal 42 is formed on the instrument panel 10, and a touch tracer 44 is provided on the pedestal 42. And this touch tracer 44 is arrange | positioned in the driver | operator's D visual recognition area | region (theta). Further, as shown in FIG. 3A, a housing portion 46 is provided inside the pedestal 42, and support pieces 52 and 54 of the palm rest 50 can be housed in the housing portion 46. Then, when the touch tracer 44 is operated, the palm rest 50 protrudes toward the vehicle interior 14 side to support the wrist of the driver D (see FIG. 2). .

  Here, the operation of the touch tracer 44 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 6 using a flowchart.

  For example, in step 100, when a finger is brought into contact with the touch tracer 44, the process proceeds to step 102. In step 102, the ECU 70 determines whether or not the contact time during which the finger is in contact with the touch tracer 44 has passed a predetermined time t1. In other words, here, the touch tracer 44 is repeatedly executed until the predetermined time t1 has elapsed. Here, the “predetermined time t1” is a time required for an operation to be completed in a short time, for example, when the current song is changed to the next song or the volume of the sound is increased in the audio device 24. That is.

  If the ECU 70 determines in step 102 that the predetermined time t1 has elapsed from the touch tracer 44, the process proceeds to step 104. In step 104, the motor 58 is driven to rotate forward for a predetermined time t2 under the control of the ECU. Thereby, in step 106, the palm rest 50 protrudes to the vehicle interior 14 side (refer FIG. 3 (B)). Here, the “predetermined time t2” is the time required for the palm rest 50 to reach the protruding position P1 (see FIG. 3B) from the retracted position P0 (see FIG. 3A). .

  Next, when the finger is released from the touch tracer 44 in step 108, the process proceeds to step 108. In step 108, the ECU 70 determines whether or not the non-contact time when the finger is removed from the touch tracer 44 has passed the predetermined time t3. That is, here, the non-contact time with respect to the touch tracer 44 is repeatedly executed until the predetermined time t3 elapses. Here, the “predetermined time t3” is a time when it is determined that the operation by the touch tracer 44 is finished.

  In step 110, when the ECU 70 determines that the non-contact time to the touch tracer 44 has elapsed the predetermined time t <b> 3, the process proceeds to step 112. In step 112, the motor 58 is reversely driven for a predetermined time t4 under the control of the ECU 70. Thereby, in step 114, the support pieces 52 and 54 of the palm rest 50 are retracted to the retracted position P0 (see FIG. 3A). Here, the “predetermined time t4” is the time required for the palm rest 50 to reach the retracted position P0 (see FIG. 3A) from the protruding position P1 (see FIG. 3B). The time is substantially the same as the predetermined time t3.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when the touch tracer 44 is not operated (when not in use), as shown in FIG. 3A, the palm rest 50 is disposed at the retracted position P0 and the touch tracer 44 is operated. When doing so, as shown in FIG. 3 (B), the palm rest 50 protrudes to the protruding position P1. That is, the palm rest 50 is disposed at an appropriate position as necessary and retracts when not in use, so that the design of the vehicle interior 14 can be ensured. And when operating the touch tracer 44, since a wrist is supported by the palm rest 50, the burden of the driver | operator D's wrist is reduced.

  In the present embodiment, a pedestal 42 is formed on the instrument panel 10, and a touch tracer 44 is provided on the pedestal 42. For this reason, although not included in the ceiling air-conditioning register according to claim 1 of the present invention, it is conceivable to form the rear side of the base 42 as a palm rest. However, in this case, the palm rest is always exposed to the vehicle interior 14 side.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a pedestal 42 is formed on the instrument panel 10, a touch tracer 44 is provided on the pedestal 42, and a support piece 52 of the palm rest 50 is provided inside the pedestal 42. , 54 can be accommodated. That is, the center console 32 is not necessarily required in the instrument panel structure according to the embodiment of the present invention. Therefore, the vehicle instrument panel structure 11 according to the present embodiment can be applied even to a vehicle in which the center console 32 is not disposed at the center in the vehicle width direction.

(Modification of this embodiment)
(1) In the present embodiment, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the example applied to a vehicle type in which the shift lever 40 is disposed on the instrument panel 10 (a vehicle type to which a so-called shift-by-wire is applied) has been described. This is not a limitation. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the shift lever 72 may be applied to a vehicle type provided in the center console 74.

  However, in this case, in order to prevent the pedestal 42 and the shift lever 72 from interfering with each other, the shift lever 72 is disposed on the right side in the vehicle width direction of the center console 74 in the right-hand drive specification vehicle 12. Is provided on the left side in the vehicle width direction.

(2) In the present embodiment, the motor 58 shown in FIG. 4B can be rotated forward and backward, and when the palm rest 50 protrudes toward the vehicle interior 14 and when the palm rest 50 is disposed at the retracted position P0. The motor 58 is driven, but is not limited to this.

  For example, the motor 58 may be driven only when the palm rest 50 is projected. In this case, the palm rest 50 is retracted manually, but when the palm rest 50 is retracted, the pinion 62 needs to be idled with respect to the shaft portion 60. Further, when the palm rest 50 is protruded, a so-called push-open structure using a latch mechanism may be used, although not shown, in addition to the motor 58.

(3) Further, in addition to the above, for example, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the palm rest 50 may be manually moved along the front-rear direction. Here, the protrusion position P1 of the palm rest 50 is indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 8A and indicated by a solid line in FIG. 8B.

  In the present embodiment, in the palm rest 50, the support portion 56 that supports the wrist by placing it is configured so that a finger is hooked as a so-called clue portion. That is, a gap 76 into which a finger can enter is provided between the support portion 56 and the rear end surface 42 </ b> B of the pedestal 42, and the finger is caused to enter the gap 76 via the support portion 56. The palm rest 50 is pulled out (projected) toward the passenger compartment 14 so that the palm rest 50 is disposed at the projecting position P1.

  Here, the front end of the support piece 52 of the palm rest 50 is provided with a stopper 78 that restricts the movement of the palm rest 50 toward the vehicle rear side in a state where the palm rest 50 protrudes toward the vehicle interior 14 toward the protruding position P1. ing. Although not shown, a recess that enlarges the gap 76 with the rear end surface 42B of the base 42 may be formed in the center of the support portion 56 in the vehicle width direction.

  Moreover, when moving the palm rest 50 manually, it is necessary to prevent the palm rest 50 from moving in a state where the palm rest 50 is disposed at the protruding position P1. Therefore, for example, although not shown, a lock pin is provided on the pedestal 42 and the lock pin is engaged with the palm rest 50 so that the state where the palm rest 50 is disposed at the protruding position P1 is maintained. It has become. The same applies to the following configurations.

(4) In addition to the above embodiment, in this embodiment, the palm rest 50 is movable in the front-rear direction as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B. It is not limited to. For example, as shown in FIG. 9A, the palm rest 80 may be movable in the vertical direction. In this case, the palm rest 80 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 83 (retracted position P0) recessed in the upper surface 82A of the center console 82 as indicated by a two-dot chain line. Then, the palm rest 80 protrudes upward when the touch tracer 44 is operated, and is arranged at the protruding position P1 as indicated by a solid line.

(5) Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 9B, the palm rest 84 may be rotatable along the front-rear direction with respect to the base 42. In this case, shaft portions 86 are provided on both outer sides in the vehicle width direction on the rear end side of the pedestal 42, and one end portion 88 </ b> A of the arm portion 88 in the longitudinal direction is connected to the shaft portion 86. The supporting piece 90 of the palm rest 84 is connected to the other end 88B in the direction. At the retracted position P0, the palm rest 84 is disposed on the lower side of the pedestal 42, and the palm rest 84 is projected to the projecting position P1 by rotating the arm portion 88 rearward and upward about the shaft portion 86. To be placed in.

(5) Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the palm rest 50 is substantially U-shaped with the front side opened in plan view, and is composed of the support pieces 52 and 54 and the support portion 56. The shape and configuration of 50 are not limited to this. For example, a rectangular plate shape may be used, or a shape that is curved upward may be used.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above, and other various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Instrument panel 11 Instrument panel structure for vehicles 12 Vehicle 14 Car interior 24 Audio | voice apparatus (control apparatus)
26 Air conditioner device (control device)
28 Display (control device)
36 Control Device 42 Base 44 Touch Tracer (Operation Unit)
50 Palm rest 80 Palm rest 84 Palm rest θ Viewing area D Driver (operator)
P0 Retraction position P1 Projection position

Claims (1)

The instrument panel located in the front of the passenger compartment is placed on the pedestal provided in the driver's visual recognition area, and the settings of the control device displayed on the display screen provided on the instrument panel can be changed. The operation part,
A palm rest that is retractable to the inside of the pedestal or to the lower side of the pedestal, and is capable of supporting a wrist when operating the operation unit in a state of protruding to the vehicle interior side;
Instrument panel structure with

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