OPERATION ELEMENT DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LONGITUDINAL MOTION AND LATERAL MOTION OF AUTOMOBILE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To control the longitudinal motion and lateral motion of the automobile which provides high-level operation and ride feelings by controlling the vehicle lateral motion by laterally operating a manually operable operation member and controlling an acceleration process by finger opreation. ;SOLUTION: A steering control lever 1 is the manually operable operation member and form a component of the operation element device which controls the longitudinal motion and lateral motion of the automobile. The steering control lever 1 is coupled with a vehicle body movably along the width of the vehicle. In this case, the movement of the operation member to the left causes the steering motion of the vehicle to the left and the movement of the operation member to the right causes a steering turn to the right. Further, an operation member which can be operated with a finger in the form of an acceleration finger lever 4 is united. The acceleration finger lever 4 can easily be operated with one driver's hand or fingers gripping the steering control lever 1. The operation force F of the acceleration finger lever 4 is detected by a sensor device and the detected movement is transduced into a proper start of the vehicle accelerating process.;COPYRIGHT: (C)1998,JPO