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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaho Morita, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device includes an exterior member having an opening formed therein; an input member that has an upper surface to be touched by a user with a finger and that is disposed inside the opening; and a light diffusing member having a light emitting surface located along an outer edge of the input member, where the light emitting surface has a first region exposed in a gap between an inner edge of the opening of the exterior member and an outer edge of the input member and a second region positioned on an inner side of the outer edge of the input member and below a peripheral portion of the input member.