US 11,679,677 B2
Device control system, moving vehicle, device control method, and non-transitory storage medium
Kouji Ueda, Kanagawa (JP); Shigeo Nakamura, Kanagawa (JP); Kenji Matsui, Osaka (JP); Takehiko Yasuda, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoshiteru Matsushita, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/212,284.
Application 17/212,284 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/037078, filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. JP2018-186032 (JP), filed on Sep. 28, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0206269 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2006.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); B60K 2370/149 (2019.05); B60K 2370/1438 (2019.05); B60K 2370/166 (2019.05); B60K 2370/779 (2019.05); B60R 2300/202 (2013.01); B60R 2300/802 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8046 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device control system, comprising:
a switch configured to allow a command to be entered with respect to a target device, the target device being any one device of one or more devices;
a camera configured to detect a gaze direction or a facial orientation of a user;
a processor configured to determine, based on the gaze direction or the facial orientation detected by the camera, the one device, selected from the one or more devices, to be the target device; and
a display,
wherein the processor is configured to make the target device change, based on the gaze direction or the facial orientation detected by the camera, a type of processing to be performed being accordance with the command entered via the switch,
the processor is further configured to make the target device change, according to a state of the target device as displayed on the display when the one device is selected as the target device,
the processor is configured to, when the gaze direction detected by the camera points toward a particular region of the target device, make the target device change the type of processing to be performed in accordance with the command entered via the switch into a type of processing associated with the particular region,
the target device is a navigation device including an input, the input being configured to zoom in or out of a map image displayed on the display,
the particular region includes: a first particular region which is a first range where the input is provided; and a second particular region which is a second range, other than the first particular region, of the target device,
when the gaze direction detected by the camera is on the first particular region, the target device performs, as processing corresponding to a state of the target device, processing of zooming in or out of the map image displayed on the display in accordance with the command entered via the switch, and
when the gaze direction detected by the camera is turned on the second particular region, the target device performs, as the processing corresponding to the state of the target device, processing of displaying information about a next service area on the display in accordance with the command entered via the switch.