Title:
SWITCH DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2019/058895
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A switch device 1 that is arranged in a steering wheel 8 of a vehicle 5 and has: switch parts 30, 40 that are installed in the vehicle 5 and comprise operation knobs 31, 41 and piezo elements 32, 42 that act as electromagnetic elements that detect operation of the operation knobs 31, 41 and make the operation knobs 31, 41 vibrate; and a control unit 100 that performs first control that controls the piezo elements 32, 42 such that the operation knobs 31, 41 vibrate in response to operation and/or second control that controls the piezo elements 32, 42 such that the operation knobs 31, 41 vibrate in the audible band. The switch device is arranged such that the directivity of sound emitted from the operation knobs 31, 41 increases toward the ears of an operator 20 that is a passenger of the vehicle 5.
Inventors:
KATSUYAMA TATSUSHI (JP)
NAGAO TAKASHI (JP)
EGAWA TETSUYA (JP)
MORI TAKEYOSHI (JP)
NAGAO TAKASHI (JP)
EGAWA TETSUYA (JP)
MORI TAKEYOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/031793
Publication Date:
March 28, 2019
Filing Date:
August 28, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOKAI RIKA CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
H01H9/16; B60R11/02; B60R16/02; B62D1/06; G05G1/02; G05G5/03; H01H13/02; H04S7/00
Foreign References:
| JP2014046867A | 2014-03-17 | |||
| JP2011213343A | 2011-10-27 | |||
| JP2008162466A | 2008-07-17 | |||
| JP2013173430A | 2013-09-05 | |||
| JP2000149167A | 2000-05-30 | |||
| JP2001028799A | 2001-01-30 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HIRATA & PARTNERS (JP)
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