Title:
LEVER TYPE OPERATION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001290594
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To simplify the structure of a joy stick and to improve the durability.
An operation lever is fixed to a spherical or columnar magnet, which is supported rotatably to serve as the fulcrum of the lever; and a magnetic sensor is arranged closely to the surface of the magnet and the tilt of the lever is detected from variation in the magnetic field intensity of the magnet surface with the distance from the magnetic pole, so that the detection output will be a signal for operation.
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Inventors:
SAKO HIDETOSHI
Application Number:
JP2000345015A
Publication Date:
October 19, 2001
Filing Date:
November 13, 2000
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NEXT KK
International Classes:
G05G9/047; G06F3/0338; (IPC1-7): G06F3/033; G05G9/047
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kosuke Agata
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