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Patent No.:

US 12681578 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2023

Input device

Applicant:

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Makoto Abe, Miyagi-ken, JP;

Toshiki Nakamura, Miyagi-ken, JP;

Assignee:

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., , JP;

Attorney:

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

Primary Examiner:

David E Choi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); B60K 35/20 (2024.01); B60K 35/25 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); B60K 35/10 (2024.01); B60K 35/60 (2024.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); B60K 35/20 (2024.01); B60K 35/25 (2024.01); B60K 35/65 (2024.01); B60K 2360/119 (2024.01); B60K 2360/1434 (2024.01); B60K 2360/794 (2024.01);
Abstract

An input device has: a panel having a front surface; a manipulation area provided on the front surface so as to be continuous in hierarchical form; a capacitance detection electrode provided in the manipulation area; a plurality of icon display portions provided in the manipulation area, each icon display portion representing one of a plurality of functions; and a tactile response generation portion provided in the manipulation area so as to be along the plurality of icon display portions.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Abe, Makoto. (2026). Input device (U.S. Patent No. 12681578). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12681578

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