Title:
INPUT DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/129812
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An operating member (30) has: a to-be-operated part (31) having an outer surface (31a) that is to be touched by a user's finger; and a supported part (32a) supported by a support shaft (41). The supported part (32a) has a magnet (33) attached thereto. An input device (10) has a magnetic sensor (51) for detecting the position and/or motion of the operating member (30) using magnetic flux generated by the magnet (33). With this structure, it is possible to improve detection accuracy of an input device that uses a magnet to detect the position and/or motion of an operating member.
Inventors:
HANZAWA MASAKI (JP)
OOTORI YASUHIRO (JP)
OOTORI YASUHIRO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2019/048734
Publication Date:
June 25, 2020
Filing Date:
December 12, 2019
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC (JP)
International Classes:
A63F13/24; H01H36/00; G01R33/07; G06F3/0354
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2018131239A1 | 2018-07-19 |
Foreign References:
| JPH1055250A | 1998-02-24 | |||
| JP2001159953A | 2001-06-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HARUKA PATENT & TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS (JP)
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