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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2023
Applicant:
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); B06B 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); B06B 1/0253 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); B06B 2201/55 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input apparatus includes an operating unit on which an input operation is performed by an operator, a detecting unit configured to detect the input operation performed on the operating unit, an actuator configured to impart vibration to the operating unit, and a control unit configured to supply a drive signal to the actuator according to a result of detection performed by the detecting unit. The control unit supplies, as the drive signal, a single pulse signal including a triangular wave or a sine wave and having a signal waveform in which a rising interval and a falling interval are asymmetric about a peak position to the actuator.