US 12,263,734 B2
Vehicle input device, vehicle input method, and non-transitory storage medium stored with vehicle input program
Yuki Kozono, Toyota (JP); Shu Nakajima, Toyota (JP); and Takeshi Nawata, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-Ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/354,642.
Application 18/354,642 is a continuation of application No. 17/073,399, filed on Oct. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,787,289.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-203457 (JP), filed on Nov. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0356595 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); B60K 2360/115 (2024.01); B60K 2360/139 (2024.01); B60K 2360/143 (2024.01); B60K 2360/145 (2024.01); B60K 2360/197 (2024.01); B60K 2360/782 (2024.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A vehicle input device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor, the processor being configured to:
detect an operation to an operation section of a plurality of operation sections reachable by an occupant of a driving seat,
instruct a display to display an image including a frame corresponding to the operation section and an icon in the frame in response to detecting the operation, the image having a different function allocated for every image layer within the operation section, wherein the frame is one of a plurality of frames, the frame is comprised of a plurality of portions and each of the plurality of portions is separated from adjacent portions of the plurality of portions by interposing gaps, and at most a single icon is displayed in each of the plurality of portions for every image layer,
instruct the display not to display the icon depending on the image layer, while displaying the frame, in response to failing to satisfy a predetermined requirement despite detection of the operation depending on the image layer.