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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2025
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Tatekawa, Miyagi, JP;
Shinichi Sagawai, Miyagi, JP;
Yoshihiro Hashimoto, Unterschleissheim, DE;
Yuto Fujii, Miyagi, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device includes a touch input part installed on a steering wheel of a vehicle and supported so as to be able to vibrate, a detection part to detect an input operation to the touch input part, a vibration output part to vibrate the touch input part, and a controller to drive the vibration output part, wherein when the input operation is detected by the detection part, the controller causes vibration of the touch input part by driving the vibration output part with a first signal, a vibration transmission member is provided on a vibration transmission path from the touch input part to the steering wheel, and the first signal drives the vibration output part at a frequency in a vibration damping region where a resonance multiplying factor of a vibration system provided on the vibration transmission path is less than zero.
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