Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device
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Application No.: US17551864Application Date: 2021-12-15
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Publication No.: US11579740B2Publication Date: 2023-02-14
- Inventor: Sho Sonoda , Hiroyuki Togawa , Noriaki Matsui , Naoya Ueda
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Seed IP Law Group LLP
- Priority: JPJP2020-216018 20201225,JPJP2021-104090 20210623
- Main IPC: G06F3/044
- IPC: G06F3/044 ; G06F3/041

Abstract:
An input device includes: an input member that includes a first surface on which an operation is performed by an operation body and a second surface that is a back surface of the first surface; a first electrode that is disposed on the second surface; a second electrode that faces the first electrode and is disposed spaced apart from the first electrode; and a controller that detects a pressing force applied to the input member by an operation performed by the operation body, based on the electrostatic capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode, and calculates a pressure-sensitivity value that is a value indicating the pressing force detected. Here, the first electrode is electrically connected to the ground.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220206642A1 INPUT DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-06-30
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