公开(公告)号：US20220013311A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17305190

申请日：2021-07-01

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sadayuki YAGINUMA ,  Kunio HOSONO ,  Tetsuo MURANAKA ,  Yasuji HAGIWARA

IPC: H01H25/04 ,  H01H13/785

Abstract: A multidirectional input apparatus with a switch includes a strain generating body including at least a cylindrical portion and a first plate portion; a plurality of strain sensors; a wiring substrate; a contact rubber configuring the switch together with an electrode on the wiring substrate; and a button. The contact rubber includes a base portion, a movable portion, and a deformable portion. The movable portion is movable to a first position when the deformable portion is not deformed, and to a second position when the deformable portion is deformed. A center of a lower surface of the button contacts an upper surface of the movable portion when the movable portion is at the first and second positions. When the movable portion moves from the first position to the second position and contacts the electrode, a protruding portion on the lower surface of the button presses the wiring substrate.

公开(公告)号：US20210159027A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US17165123

申请日：2021-02-02

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yasuji HAGIWARA ,  Daisuke TAKAI ,  Takashi SASAKI ,  Takeshi MASAKI ,  Toshiki NAKAMURA ,  Masaki OTA ,  Hiroshi SHIGETAKA ,  Masahiro TAKATA

IPC: H01H3/02 ,  H01H3/04 ,  H01H3/08 ,  H01H3/12

Abstract: An operation device includes a housing, an operation member, and a detector. The housing includes an electrically conductive portion on a surface thereof. The operation member is supported by the housing such that the operation member is movable in response to an operation by an operation body, and is configured to be capacitively coupled to the operation body and to the electrically conductive portion. The detector is configured to detect whether the operation body is in proximity to the operation member based on a change in capacitance at the electrically conductive portion.

公开(公告)号：US20220291814A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-15

申请号：US17804388

申请日：2022-05-27

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Toshiki NAKAMURA ,  Hiroshi SHIGETAKA ,  Hirofumi KUGA ,  Masahiro TAKATA ,  Yasuji HAGIWARA

IPC: G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: An input device includes a touch panel having an operation surface and configured to receive a touch input and a hover input by an operation body; a display device configured to display a plurality of selection items; a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to highlight a selection item, a selection of the selection item being made by the hover input from the plurality of selection items, confirm the selection of the selection item by the hover input in a case where a duration during which the selection item is selected by the hover input reaches a first predetermined threshold, and confirm a selection of the selection item by the touch input in a case where the touch input is detected on the selection item before the duration reaches the first predetermined threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20220091693A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-24

申请号：US17457296

申请日：2021-12-02

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Toshiki NAKAMURA ,  Yasuji HAGIWARA

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0362

Abstract: An input device having excellent usability is provided. The input device includes a touch input part configured to receive an input of a touch operation by an operator, a rotation input part disposed around the touch input part in plan view and configured to receive an input of a rotation operation by the operator, and a controller configured to disable the input of the touch operation on the touch input part in response to the input of the rotation operation of the rotation input part being performed.

公开(公告)号：US20230118137A1

公开(公告)日：2023-04-20

申请号：US17935214

申请日：2022-09-26

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Masahiro SOMA ,  Yasuji HAGIWARA ,  Keitaro UCHIDA ,  Masahiro TAKATA

IPC: G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/0482

Abstract: An input device includes a display that displays buttons visible through an operation surface of a top panel, a detector that detects a center position of a finger facing the operation surface, and a distance from the operation surface to the finger, and a controller that controls the display based on a detector output and determines an input with respect to a button. The controller displays a cursor image on the display at a finger opposing position based on the finger center position, varies a cursor size according to the above described distance, determines a selected button based on the finger center position, and offsets a cursor center position from the finger center position, and surrounds the selected button with the cursor, in a case where the selected button protrudes from the cursor when the cursor center position is aligned to match the finger center position.

公开(公告)号：US20230065480A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-02

申请号：US18047769

申请日：2022-10-19

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Sadayuki YAGINUMA ,  Kunio HOSONO ,  Tetsuo MURANAKA ,  Yasuji HAGIWARA

IPC: H04R1/10 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/0362

Abstract: An input device includes a housing and a strain-generating body including a cylindrical portion with an upper end surface, the strain-generating body being secured to the housing. The input device includes four strain sensors, the four strain sensors being secured around the cylindrical portion of the strain-generating body. The input device includes an operation panel having a lower surface, the operation panel including a shaft, the shaft being situated on the lower surface and at a central portion of the operation panel, and the shaft being inserted into the cylindrical portion of the strain-generating body to be secured to the strain-generating body. The upper end surface of the cylindrical portion of the strain-generating body and the lower surface of the operation panel are in contact with each other.

公开(公告)号：US20250073573A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18781202

申请日：2024-07-23

Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Tetsu NUMATA ,  Tetsuo MURANAKA ,  Masaki OTA ,  Kunio HOSONO ,  Yasuji HAGIWARA

IPC: A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/214 ,  A63F13/24

Abstract: A controller has: a case; a manipulation unit, in a plate-like shape, disposed in the case so as to be exposed from the case; and a haptic sensor that detects a rotation manipulation for the manipulation unit. The haptic sensor has a distortion generating body fixed to the center of the manipulation unit and also has a distortion sensor disposed on the distortion generating body. The manipulation unit has non-slip portions, which are paired in the left-right direction, in the vicinity of both ends of the upper surface of the manipulation unit in the left-right direction.

公开(公告)号：US20210271283A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-02

申请号：US17323248

申请日：2021-05-18

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tetsuo MURANAKA ,  Kunio HOSONO ,  Sadayuki YAGINUMA ,  Yasuji HAGIWARA

IPC: G05G1/04 ,  G05G5/05 ,  G05G5/00 ,  G05G23/02

Abstract: A multidirectional input device includes a frame, a plate-shaped base below the frame, a load detector provided on the frame or the base, and circuitry. The frame stores part of a tiltable operation stick and a tilt detector. The circuitry is configured to output an output signal representing the direction and the magnitude of an operation on the operation stick, based on the angle detection value of the tilt of the operation stick detected by the tilt detector and the load detection value of a load applied to the frame detected by the load detector. The circuitry is configured not to output the output signal or to output the output signal that sets the magnitude of the operation to zero, when the load detection value detected by the load detector is less than a predetermined threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20210211129A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-08

申请号：US17142411

申请日：2021-01-06

Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.

Inventor： Tetsuo MURANAKA ,  Naoyuki HATANO ,  Hiroshi IZUMI ,  Koichi MIURA ,  Yasuji HAGIWARA

IPC: H03K17/955 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041

Abstract: There is provided a sensor unit for detecting a proximity state of an object at N detection positions, generating a composite detection signal in conformity with the sum of N detection signals obtained as a result of detection for N detection positions, and controlling a positive or negative polarity of the detection signal having a signal level in conformity with the proximity state at each of N detection positions, a sensor control unit for controlling the sensor unit for generating M composite detection signals having N polarity patterns set at N detection signals different from each other, and a signal regeneration unit for regenerating the signal level of the N detection signal based on the M composite detection signals generated by the sensor unit.

公开(公告)号：US20250073572A1

公开(公告)日：2025-03-06

申请号：US18781140

申请日：2024-07-23

Applicant: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Tetsu NUMATA ,  Tetsuo MURANAKA ,  Kunio HOSONO ,  Masaki OTA ,  Yasuji HAGIWARA

IPC: A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/2145 ,  G01C9/06

Abstract: A haptic sensor has: a distortion generating body; first distortion sensors for detecting a rotation manipulation; and second distortion sensors for detecting a tilt manipulation. The distortion generating body has: a base in a plate-like shape; a first column disposed on one surface of the base; and a plurality of second columns disposed on a single circumference, the center of which is the first column, on another surface of the base. On the base of the distortion generating body, the first distortion sensors are placed on a circumference shared between the first distortion sensors and the plurality of second columns. On the base of the distortion generating body, the second distortion sensors are placed around the first column.