Title:
INPUT OPERATION DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/176076
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided is a compact input operation device capable of discriminating a plurality of operations. This input operation device includes: an operation member that enables an operator to perform a push operation in a plurality of push positions; a push switch that is turned on from off by the push operation; a panel having an operation surface on which the operator can perform touch operations, and having a plurality of symbols arranged thereon; an electrostatic detection sensor having a plurality of electrostatic electrodes that are provided on the opposite side of the panel from the operation surface in the area of the panel where the symbols are arranged in plan view, the electrostatic detection sensor being capable of detecting, for each electrostatic electrode, the electrostatic capacitance at the approach of an operator's finger; and a determination unit that determines which of the operation member and the symbol has been operated by the operator on the basis of the on or off state of the push switch and the detection result of the finger by the electrostatic detection sensor.
Inventors:
HORIE KAZUMA (JP)
HASHIMOTO YOSHIHIRO (JP)
MOTOI HIROMI (JP)
HASHIMOTO YOSHIHIRO (JP)
MOTOI HIROMI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/046599
Publication Date:
September 21, 2023
Filing Date:
December 19, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ALPS ALPINE CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
G06F3/02; G06F3/041; H01H36/00; H01H89/00
Foreign References:
| JP2013016437A | 2013-01-24 | |||
| JP2012048407A | 2012-03-08 | |||
| JP2013134635A | 2013-07-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH, Tadashige et al. (JP)
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