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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2019
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Masaho Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Taichi Nokuo, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device that enables various operations is proposed. A plurality of operating buttons () and direction keys () are arranged in an upper surface (). Lower surface buttons (R,L) are arranged in a lower surface (). The lower surface buttons (R,L) project downward from the lower surface (), have pressing target surfaces () to be pressed by a finger of a user, and are arranged such that the pressing target surfaces () are inclined with respect to a front edge () of the input device (). The lower surface buttons (R,L) can be moved when the pressing target surfaces () are pressed in a button rearward direction as a direction along the lower surface ().