公开(公告)号：US12019813B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17916951

申请日：2021-01-29

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kota Araki ,  Hiroaki Nishiono ,  Sohui Jeon ,  Takumi Nishimoto ,  Yukio Hashimoto

IPC: G06F3/0362 ,  H01H19/08

CPC classification number: G06F3/0362 ,  H01H19/08 ,  H01H2205/002

Abstract: An input device includes two fixed electrodes and an operating member. The two fixed electrodes is configured to be placed to overlap with specific line electrodes of a plurality of line electrodes. The operating member is movable with respect to the two fixed electrodes. The operating member is movable within a movable range including a plurality of click points. Electrical states of the two fixed electrodes change among a plurality of states in accordance with a movement of the operating member. A divisor of an integer N does not include 4, where the integer N is a total number of times of change in the electrical states of the at least two fixed electrodes when the operating member moves from one to a next one of adjacent two click points of the plurality of click points.