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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Hiroyuki Sato, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Kazuyuki Murakami, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Tomohiro Oikawa, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Hiroyuki Sato, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Kazuyuki Murakami, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Tomohiro Oikawa, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Yasuhiro Miyasaka, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A setting device of a force feedback type has an operating unit commonly used to set a plurality of control items of an electronic device. To provide a different sensation to the operating unit depending on the control items, a force feedback pattern for an airflow rate setting is provided to a rotary knob, which is the operating unit, so that an operation of the rotary knob to rotate beyond an upper limit or a lower limit of an airflow rate range is restricted, and a force feedback pattern for the air outlet setting is provided to the rotary knob so that a rotational operation of the rotary knob is not restricted.