Provided is a vehicular operating device that can improve input precision even during operation by the thumbs while the steering wheel is grasped. The vehicular operating device is installed in a steering device of a means of transport and receives an input operation, wherein the vehicular operating device is provided with an operation surface with which a detection object that performs the input operation comes in contact, and a sensor unit for detecting the position where the detection object comes in contact with the operation surface, the operation surface being provided with a design that indicates a rotation gesture area, and the sensor unit being such that a portion for determining a rotation gesture is made into an annular area accounting for the moveable range of the thumb used by the user to grasp the steering device.
VEHICULAR OPERATING DEVICE
2016-01-28
Patent
Electronic Resource
English