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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2024
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Matsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device with a simple configuration capable of detecting approach and contact of a detection target and pressing by the detection target is provided. The input device includes a first electrode, an elastic dielectric provided on a back side of the first electrode, a second electrode provided with the elastic dielectric sandwiched between the second electrode and the first electrode, a detector that detects approach and contact of a detection target to and with the first electrode and pressing of the first electrode by the detection target on a basis of an output of the first electrode, and a third electrode provided adjacent to the second electrode.
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