公开(公告)号：US20190391656A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16561897

申请日：2019-09-05

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hiroyuki TOGAWA ,  Sho SONODA ,  Kai MASAMOTO

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G06F3/045

Abstract: An input device includes a movable section having a touch sensor, and an actuator that is mechanically fixed to the touch sensor and vibrates in a lateral direction; a support that supports the movable section via an elastic component; and a pressure sensor that (i) is disposed on a side opposite to a side on which the support supports the movable section and (ii) detects a pressing operation to the touch sensor. At least one of the movable section and the support transmits a force from the pressing operation to the pressure sensor due to the movable section and the support moving integrally and as a whole in a direction of the pressing operation when the pressing operation is performed.

公开(公告)号：US20190227630A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-25

申请号：US16249260

申请日：2019-01-16

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTd

Inventor： Kai MASAMOTO ,  Hiroyuki TOGAWA ,  Sho SONODA ,  Shogo MAENAKA ,  Masaki KITAHASHI

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0354

Abstract: A main body includes an input component that receives a load. A pressure-sensitive sensor detects the load received by the input component. A drive unit performs a predetermined operation. A drive controller activates the drive unit when the load detected by the pressure-sensitive sensor reaches a predetermined load threshold. A detection controller changes the predetermined load threshold in accordance with the rate of change in the load detected by the pressure-sensitive sensor.

公开(公告)号：US20210157425A1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-27

申请号：US16951668

申请日：2020-11-18

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hideaki ETO ,  Takeshi MASUTANI ,  Kai MASAMOTO

IPC: G06F3/044 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G05G5/03

Abstract: An input device includes: an inputter to which an operation is input by a user; a frame that holds the inputter and moves in a first direction in response to the operation input by the user; a substrate disposed on a side to which the frame moves in the first direction; a first elastic body disposed between the frame and the substrate; a load sensor that detects a load applied to the inputter, based on the movement of the frame in the first direction; a restrictor that restricts the movement of the frame in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction; and a second elastic body disposed between the restrictor and the movable portion. The second elastic body has a repulsion elasticity lower than a repulsion elasticity of the first elastic body.