公开(公告)号：US10262816B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-16

申请号：US15369265

申请日：2016-12-05

Applicant: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hiroki Ohira ,  Yoshihisa Matsumoto

IPC: H01H13/64 ,  H03K17/96 ,  G06F3/02 ,  H01H13/14 ,  H01H3/02 ,  H01H13/70

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided an input apparatus comprising a key that is displaceable along a direction; a first detecting circuit that comprises an electrostatic capacitance sensor that detects a variation of an electrostatic capacitance caused by a contact or a proximity of a pressing body with the key; and a second detecting circuit that comprises a first electrode, the second detecting circuit detecting an electric connection of the first electrode to a second electrode that is displaced along the direction as the key is displaced, wherein the input apparatus switches a detecting status thereof exclusively between a first detecting status and a second detecting status to each other in accordance with a displacement variation of the key.