Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multidirectional input device
- Patent Title (中): 多向输入设备
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Application No.: US14185659Application Date: 2014-02-20
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Publication No.: US09279717B2Publication Date: 2016-03-08
- Inventor: Tatsuya Miyazaki , Hideaki Eto , Yosuke Ohashi , Takeshi Miyaoka
- Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: JP2013-038389 20130228
- Main IPC: G01J1/02
- IPC: G01J1/02 ; G05G9/047

Abstract:
A multidirectional input device includes a case; a slider slidable in a first direction and mounted to the case; a movable member mounted on an upper surface of the slider so as to be slidable in a second direction; a first reflection portion provided on any one of the movable member, the case, and the slider; a first light-emitting device arranged to be opposite to the first reflection portion; and a first light-receiving device arranged to be opposite to the first reflection portion, wherein the first reflection portion has a plurality of steps confronting the side facing the first light-emitting device, and a distance between the first reflection portion and the first light-emitting device in a third direction varies according to an area.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140239163A1 MULTIDIRECTIONAL INPUT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2014-08-28
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