Touch type operation apparatus and operation method of same, and non-transitory computer readable medium
US10761617B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 25, 2019 |
| Grant date | Sep 1, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 25, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/04808
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A touchpad constituting a touch type operation apparatus includes a hemisphere portion and a flat surface portion and is mounted in an automobile. The hemisphere portion is a protruding type region having at least a part of a boundary with an adjacent region defined by a step. A front half portion is set as a second region. A rear half portion and the flat surface portion are set as a first region. During manual driving of the automobile, the first region is set as a non-sensitive region, and the second region is set as a sensitive region.
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