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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2019
Applicant:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hisataka Funakawa, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); H03K 17/962 (2013.01); H04N 1/00384 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device includes: an operation panel that receives an operation input; a vibration element that is mounted to the operation panel and that vibrates the operation panel in at least one vibration direction; a vibration absorber that connects the operation panel to an apparatus main body and that absorbs a vibration of the operation panel; and a CPU that causes the vibration element to vibrate based on the operation input, wherein the vibration element is mounted on a gravity center axis of the operation panel in the vibration direction.