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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2005
Applicants:
Shinichi Takasaki, Osaka, JP;
Shigeyuki Inoue, Kyoto, JP;
Takako Shiraishi, Nara, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An input device provided for an apparatus () which is held with a hand of a person. The input device includes a plurality of input keys () which are operated with a finger holding the apparatus (), wherein in a case where the apparatus () having the input device is held with the hand, each input key () situated apart from a base of the finger has a finger contact area smaller than that of each input key () situated close to the base of the finger.