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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiteru Taka, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Koizumi, Miyagi, JP;
Tomoki Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Munetake Ebihara, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Nakazawa, Miyagi, JP;
Machiko Endo, Miyagi, JP;
Takuya Goto, Miyagi, JP;
Keiichi Nakamura, Ibaraki, JP;
Yukio Sakakibara, Chiba, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 1/169 (2013.01); G06F 1/1671 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device includes a casing having a recess in its inner surface, and a pressure-sensitive sensor disposed in the recess. The pressure-sensitive sensor is fixed in the recess so that a sensing surface of the pressure-sensitive sensor and a bottom surface of the recess are in contact with each other.