Title:
INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/230385
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is an information input device with which a rotation angle with three degrees of freedom can be input. The information input device is equipped with: an outer shell part that is made of a hollow spherical structure; a connecting part for attaching to and rotatably supporting the outer shell part; and a rotation-detecting unit for detecting the rotation angle of the outer shell part. The rotation-detecting unit comprises one or a combination of two or more from among an acceleration sensor, angle sensor and a magnetic sensor, is disposed near the center of the sphere, and detects the rotation angle of the outer shell part with three degrees of freedom. The outer shell part has openings into which the user's fingers are inserted and the rotation-detecting unit detects the rotation angle when the outer shell part is manually operated using the inserted fingers.
Inventors:
HONGO KAZUO (JP)
ITOTANI YUKI (JP)
ITOTANI YUKI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2018/021418
Publication Date:
December 20, 2018
Filing Date:
June 04, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP (JP)
International Classes:
B25J13/02; A61B34/37; B25J3/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2016079987A1 | 2016-05-26 |
Foreign References:
| JPH0857779A | 1996-03-05 | |||
| JPS60165185U | 1985-11-01 | |||
| US20140165770A1 | 2014-06-19 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MIYATA, Masaaki et al. (JP)
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