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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2018
Applicant:
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazunari Kato, Iwaki, JP;
Assignee:
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vibration-mechanism-equipped input device includes a manipulation part on which the manipulator can perform an input manipulation, one end of a bracket being attached to the manipulation part, a vibration generating part that generates vibration to be transmitted to the manipulation part, and a controller that controls the operation of the vibration generating part. The vibration generating part is attached to another end of the bracket, the position of the other end being offset from the one end of the bracket.