Automotive instrument operating device and alert device

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A vehicle-mounted equipment controlling apparatus comprising:
a plurality of pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment mounted on a vehicle and controllable by an occupant of the vehicle; a direction-of-gaze detecting unit for detecting a direction of gaze of the occupant based on a direction of a line of sight or a face direction of the occupant; a vehicle-mounted equipment specifying unit for specifying any one of the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment based on the direction of gaze detected by the direction-of-gaze detecting unit; and a control unit disposed in a position different from the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment and controllable by the occupant; wherein the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment are arrayed in widthwise directions of the vehicle and in vertical directions transverse to the widthwise directions, and divided into a plurality of vehicle-mounted equipment groups respectively in a plurality of predetermined regions along the widthwise directions of the vehicle; the control unit has a vertical direction selecting unit for selecting the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment in the vertical directions from the vehicle-mounted equipment group; and the vehicle-mounted equipment specifying unit specifies one vehicle-mounted equipment group from among the plurality of vehicle-mounted equipment groups based on the direction of gaze detected by the direction-of-gaze detecting unit, and specifies either one of the pieces of vehicle-mounted equipment in the specified vehicle-mounted equipment group based on a vertical direction selected by the vertical direction selecting unit when the vertical direction selecting unit is controlled while the vehicle-mounted equipment group is being specified.