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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2020
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yuta Saito, Okayama, JP;
Masaaki Yamabayashi, Okayama, JP;
Kenichi Matsumoto, Okayama, JP;
Ryo Nakae, Okayama, JP;
Abstract
An input device includes a fixed electrode, first and second movable electrodes, a first elastic member having a portion and being configured to deform so as to displace the portion of the first elastic member in accordance with a movement of the first movable electrode, a second elastic member having a portion and being configured to deform so as to displace the portion of the second elastic member in accordance with a movement of the second movable electrode, and a terminal configured to output a signal corresponding to a change in a capacitance between the first and second movable electrodes. The input device is responsible to various manipulations while not preventing a click feeling from being generated.