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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2021
Applicant:
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tomoki Otsuka, Iwaki, JP;
Assignee:
Alpine Electronics, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 47/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/00 (2006.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 47/0002 (2013.01); E05B 65/00 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); B60K 2370/143 (2019.05); B60K 2370/152 (2019.05); B60K 2370/60 (2019.05); E05Y 2400/86 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/606 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operating device includes a lock mechanism unit that regulates relative movement of an operating unit with respect to a supporting member, and a controller that releases locking of the lock mechanism unit when input of an operator is detected by an operation detector. When contact of a finger with a surface panel is detected by a first detection member, locking of the operating unit by the lock mechanism unit is released. In addition, when a pressing operation to the operating unit is detected by a second detection member, control is performed so that a response force providing mechanism operates.