Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device employing a flex sensor and a switch outputting first and second signals
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Application No.: US17333253Application Date: 2021-05-28
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Publication No.: US11810738B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Tatsuhiro Tomiyama , Takeaki Maehata , Yoshihiro Hashimoto , Yukio Miura , Kazunari Takahashi
- Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: IPUSA, PLLC
- Priority: JP 19006405 2019.01.17
- Main IPC: G06F3/0362
- IPC: G06F3/0362 ; H01H21/24 ; B60K37/06 ; H01H21/04

Abstract:
An input device includes an manipulating part, a movable member fixed to the manipulating part and having a rotating shaft, a fixing member configured to rotatably support the rotating shaft so that the movable member is rotatable, a flex sensor disposed on the manipulating part and configured to detect flexing of the manipulating part, a switch disposed on the movable member or the fixing member, pressed by a rotating operation of the movable member, and configured to switch between an on state and an off state when a flexing amount of the manipulating part reaches a predetermined amount, and a signal processor configured to output a control signal, based on a first output signal of the flex sensor, and a second output signal of the switch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210287862A1 INPUT DEVICE, AND OPERATION UNIT Public/Granted day:2021-09-16
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