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Automotive instrument operating device and alert device

US9499110B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2012
Grant dateNov 22, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2001/1223
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An automotive instrument specifying unit of an automotive instrument operating device specifies a group of automotive instruments on the basis of the direction of gaze of an occupant detected by a gaze direction detector, and specifies one automotive instrument from among the specified group of automotive instruments on the basis of the up/down direction selected by up/down direction selecting unit when the up/down direction selecting unit has been operated in a state in which the group of automotive instruments has been specified.

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