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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2022
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Asuka Koike, Miyagi, JP;
Takeaki Maehata, Miyagi, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation input device to be mounted on a vehicle includes a support part to be attached to the vehicle, an operating member supported by the support part and configured to be operated by a person, an operation sensing part configured to sense an operation on the operating member, a tactile feedback generating part provided inside the operating member and configured to give tactile feedback to the person, and a control part configured to control the tactile feedback generating part to produce the tactile feedback when the operation is sensed in the operation sensing part, the operating member is provided so as to extend from the support part in a first direction intersecting the traveling direction of the vehicle, and the operating member is restricted so as not to rotate in a swing operation in which a direction intersecting the first direction serves as the axis of rotation.