US 12,280,714 B2
Input device
Takehito Sugawara, Miyagi (JP)
Assigned to ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/306,480.
Application 18/306,480 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/032780, filed on Sep. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-186765 (JP), filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0256902 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. B60Q 3/70 (2017.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60Q 3/20 (2017.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01)
CPC B60Q 3/70 (2017.02) [B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60Q 3/20 (2017.02); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60K 35/29 (2024.01); B60K 2360/143 (2024.01); B60K 2360/191 (2024.01); B60K 2360/345 (2024.01); B60K 2360/349 (2024.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An input device comprising:
an operating part having lighting parts and configured to accept input operations in one of:
a first input mode, in which an operation for operating, among devices provided in a vehicle, at least a first device including a window or a door lock of the vehicle can be made; and
a second input mode, in which an operation for operating a second device other than the first device among the devices provided in the vehicle can be made;
an emergency detection part configured to detect an emergency of the vehicle; and
a control part configured to set an input mode of the operating part to one of the first input mode and the second input mode, and set a lighting state of the lighting parts to one of:
a first lighting state, in which lighting of the lighting parts is emphasized; and
a second lighting state, in which the lighting of the lighting parts is not emphasized,
wherein, in response to the emergency detection part detecting the emergency of the vehicle, the control part sets the operating part to the first input mode, and sets at least one of the lighting parts to the first lighting state,
wherein the operating part has a plurality of touch switches or a touch pad, and wherein, in the first lighting state, among the lighting parts, lighting of the at least one lighting part, arranged at a position for operating the window or the door lock of the vehicle in plan view, is emphasized, the position of the at least one lighting part overlapping at least one touch switch or a part of the touch pad.