公开(公告)号：US20220011879A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US17290688

申请日：2019-10-18

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yuta SAITO ,  Masaaki YAMABAYASHI ,  Ryo NAKAE ,  Kenichi MATSUMOTO

IPC: G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/044 ,  H03K17/96

Abstract: An input device includes a pressure sensitive unit and a sensing unit. The pressure sensitive unit includes a clicking part and a pressure sensor. The clicking part has a press surface and is configured to provide a sense of click to an operation body which applies pushing force to the press surface. The pressure sensor is disposed on an opposite side of the clicking part from the press surface. The sensing unit is aligned with the pressure sensitive unit when viewed from a front side of the press surface and is configured to sense that the operation body comes in proximity to or comes into contact with a second detection surface.

公开(公告)号：US20210165498A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-03

申请号：US15734175

申请日：2019-05-22

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yuta SAITO ,  Kenichi MATSUMOTO ,  Ryo NAKAE ,  Masanori MITSUOKA

IPC: G06F3/02 ,  G01L1/14

Abstract: An input device includes one or more pressure detectors. Each of the one or more pressure detectors includes an electrode, an elastic body on the electrode, a pressing member disposed on an opposite side of the elastic body from the electrode, and a protective member. The protection member is disposed between the elastic body and the pressing member and has higher strength than the elastic body.