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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Toshiaki Sugimura, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Fukumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiaki Sugimura, Yokohama, JP;
Masaaki Fukumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An input key of the present invention, which is assigned a plurality of information items to be inputted, and which is assigned each of the information items to be inputted, according to a direction of a force exerted on the input key. And the input key includes a push detecting means for detecting a push on the input key, and a direction detecting means for, when the push detecting means detects a push on the input key, detecting a strain occurring in the input key and thereby detecting a direction of a force exerted on the input key.