JP4410480B2 - Selection device for vehicle equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device for selecting a vehicle device that displays and selects commands for operating various devices mounted on a vehicle, such as a car air conditioner or a navigation device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as an apparatus for displaying commands for operating various devices mounted on a vehicle, and selecting and executing the commands, as described in Patent Document 1, for example, various devices mounted on a vehicle When a command group is intensively displayed in a menu hierarchy on one display device, a desired command is selected from the touch panel provided on the display surface of the display means or a joystick provided near the driver's seat and executed. There is something to say.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent No. 2993357 [0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the above-described device selection device for a vehicle is difficult to understand because the command selected by the touch panel or the joystick is only executed, and the process of selecting the command and its display are interesting.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above points. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle device selection device that is easy to understand the process of selecting a displayed command and its display, and that is interesting.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The apparatus for selecting a vehicle device according to claim 1 includes a display unit that displays a plurality of commands for operating the device mounted on the vehicle.
Selecting means for selecting at least one of the plurality of commands displayed on the display means;
A vehicular equipment selection device comprising: a display control means for transmitting to the equipment that executes the command that the command has been selected by the selection means;
The display control means arranges and displays a plurality of the commands on the same closed loop on the display means,
The selection means circulates the plurality of commands in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction on the closed loop, and selects at least one of the commands that has reached a predetermined position on the closed loop,
An instrument is displayed on the display means,
The command is displayed around the instrument so as not to impair the readability of the instrument .
[0007]
According to the present invention, a command to be selected can be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise on the same closed loop, and can be selected by reaching a predetermined position on the same closed loop. It is possible to make the process and its display easy to understand and interesting.
[0014]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the vehicular equipment selection device, wherein the selection means is constituted by a jog dial device.
[0015]
According to the present invention, an operation for circulating a command and an operation for selecting a command reaching a predetermined position can be performed with at least one finger, and the operation can be simplified.
[0016]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
A vehicle device selection apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a vehicle device selection device 100 according to the present invention.
[0017]
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a situation where the vehicle device selection device 100 is actually mounted on a vehicle.
[0018]
The vehicle device selection device 100 includes a jog dial device 10, a display control unit 20, and a display 30.
[0019]
The jog dial device 10 has a drum type switch mechanism having a rotation function that rotates clockwise or counterclockwise and a button function that can push a button portion 10a provided on the rotation shaft to a certain depth in a predetermined direction. It is.
[0020]
The jog dial device 10 is electrically connected to a display control unit 20 (to be described later) so that a command arranged in a circle on the same closed loop displayed on the display 30 (to be described later) is linked to the rotation function. At least one command that reaches a predetermined position on the closed loop by rotating clockwise or counterclockwise can be selected by the button function of the button unit 10a described above.
[0021]
FIG. 2 shows a situation where the jog dial device 10 is actually installed in the vehicle.
[0022]
The jog dial device 10 is preferably provided mainly inside the steering wheel 200 so that the driver can operate the jog dial device 10 without releasing the steering wheel 200. The jog dial device 10 corresponds to selection means shown in the claims.
[0023]
The display control unit 20 shown in FIG. 1 is an ECU that controls the operation commands of the vehicle devices A, B, and C to be displayed on a display 30 described later.
[0024]
Vehicle devices A, B, and C are devices that can be mounted on a vehicle and can input a command for controlling an operation from the outside as a control signal.
[0025]
The vehicle devices A, B, and C are, for example, navigation devices, ETC on-board devices, vehicle speedometers, fuel meters, wiper operation devices, light lighting devices, and other devices that are originally installed in the vehicle, and later on to the vehicle. The type of the device is not limited as long as the command for controlling the operation can be input from the outside as a control signal up to the device to be mounted.
[0026]
The display control unit 20 stores therein commands for operating and controlling the various vehicle devices described above, and displays the commands on the display 30 described later.
[0027]
When a command displayed on the display 30 is selected by the jog dial device 10, the selected command is input as a control signal to the corresponding individual vehicle equipment, and the device is operated. The display control unit 20 corresponds to display control means described in the claims.
[0028]
The display 30 is a display unit composed of a CRT or a liquid crystal display device. An existing display means in the vehicle, for example, a head-up display (HUD) may be used, or a dedicated display means for the present invention may be used.
[0029]
The display 30 shown in FIG. 2 shows a place where display means already provided in the vehicle is used. The display 30 corresponds to display means shown in the claims.
[0030]
Next, the operation of the vehicle device selection apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0031]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the vehicle device selection apparatus 100.
[0032]
In step S1, it is determined whether or not the jog dial device 10 has rotated by a predetermined angle. If it has rotated, the process proceeds to step S2.
[0033]
In step S2, a command for arranging and displaying a circle on the same closed loop on the display 30 corresponding to the predetermined rotation angle of the jog dial device 10 determined in step S1 is circulated.
[0034]
In step S3, it is determined whether or not at least one command among a plurality of commands displayed in an array has reached a predetermined position on the closed loop, for example, the rightmost end (3 o'clock direction). If so, the process proceeds to S step S4.
[0035]
In step S4, it is determined whether or not the command that has reached the predetermined position (3 o'clock direction) in step S3 has been selected by the jog dial device 10, that is, the button function of the jog dial device 10 has been activated.
[0036]
When the button function is activated and a command at a predetermined position is selected, the process proceeds to step S5.
[0037]
In step S5, a control signal corresponding to the selected command is input to the external input unit of the vehicle device operated by the command.
[0038]
Specific operations of the vehicle device selection device 100 that operates in the above-described processing are shown in FIGS.
[0039]
4 to 8 show a process until the car audio is operated. 4-8 is explanatory drawing which showed the place where the display 30 currently installed in the vehicle is displaying the operation command of a navigation apparatus, an ETC onboard equipment, a car air conditioner, and a car audio.
[0040]
The display 30 originally includes a tachometer 31 displayed in the center, a fuel thermometer 32 displayed in the upper right, an engine thermometer 33 displayed in the lower right, a fuel pressure gauge 34 displayed in the upper left, Display means for displaying the fuel gauge 35 displayed in the lower left, but in order not to impair the legibility of these instruments, the navigation device, ETC on-board unit, car air conditioner, and car audio operation commands are indicated by dotted lines. Are displayed on the same closed loop.
[0041]
In FIG. 4, the command of the ETC on-board unit is at the uppermost end (12 o'clock direction) of the display 30, the command of the navigation device is at the rightmost end (3 o'clock direction), and the car audio is at the lowermost end (6 o'clock direction). The command is displayed on the leftmost end (9 o'clock direction), respectively.
[0042]
When the jog dial device 10 is rotated counterclockwise by a predetermined angle, for example, approximately 90 degrees, the above-described four operation commands draw a circular locus as shown in FIG. 5 and counterclockwise as shown in FIG. To go around. The circular locus shown in FIG. 5 corresponds to the circular locus shown in the claims.
[0043]
Here, for example, when the command of the device that the user wants to operate reaches the rightmost end (3 o'clock direction) of the display 30, by operating the button unit 10a of the jog dial device 10, the rightmost end (3 o'clock direction). The control signal corresponding to the operation command that has reached is input to the external input unit of the corresponding device.
[0044]
In FIG. 6, since the operation command located at the rightmost end (3 o'clock direction) of the display 30 is “car audio”, the user operates the button unit 10 a of the jog dial device 30, that is, selects it.
[0045]
When selected, all commands displayed on the display 30 change to commands for operating “car audio”, that is, “tape”, “CD”, “radio”, “MD”, and “return”, as shown in FIG. That is, each command is set in a hierarchical display format.
[0046]
At this time, four commands are displayed in FIGS. 4 to 6, but by selecting “car audio”, five commands are displayed as shown in FIG. Thus, the number of commands displayed on the display 30 is not fixed.
[0047]
The command located at the rightmost end (direction of 3 o'clock) in FIG. 7 in which four commands related to “car audio” are displayed is “CD”. At this time, the user operates the button unit 10 a of the jog dial device 10. That is, when selected, commands for operating the CD playback device incorporated in the car audio, that is, four commands of “play”, “stop”, “pause”, and “return” are displayed as shown in FIG. The
[0048]
In this way, as a process of selecting the displayed operation command, until the operation command to be executed is selected, the operation means to be executed is selected to a predetermined position where the operation command to be executed can be selected by the selection means called the jog dial device 10. By performing a display of drawing a trajectory and making it go around, it is possible to select an operation command that is easy to understand and interesting, and it is possible to provide a device for selecting a vehicle device.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an outline of a configuration of a vehicle device selection device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a situation where the vehicle device selection device 100 is mounted on a vehicle.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the vehicle device selection apparatus 100;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where an operation command is displayed on the display 30;
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which operation commands displayed on the display 30 circulate around a circular orbit.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing how an operation command is displayed on the display 30;
7 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when a “car audio” command displayed on the display 30 is selected. FIG.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing a state when a “CD” command displayed on the display 30 is selected.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Jog dial device (selection means)
20 Display control unit (display control means)
30 Display (display means)
100 selection device 200 steering

Claims (3)

(A) display means for displaying a plurality of commands for operating devices mounted on the vehicle;
(B) selection means for selecting at least one of the plurality of commands displayed on the display means;
(C) a vehicular equipment selection device comprising display control means for transmitting to the equipment that executes the command that the command has been selected by the selection means;
(D) The display control means displays a plurality of the commands arranged on the same closed loop on the display means,
(E) The selection means circulates the plurality of commands in one direction, either clockwise or counterclockwise on the closed loop, and at least one of the commands reaching a predetermined position on the closed loop. Selected,
(F) An instrument is displayed on the display means,
(G) The apparatus for selecting a vehicle device, wherein the command is displayed around the instrument so as not to impair the legibility of the instrument .   The apparatus for selecting a vehicular device according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit includes a jog dial device. The vehicle instrument selection device according to claim 1, wherein the meter is a tachometer .

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