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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2006
Kazuhito Ohshita, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kikuchi, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Shoji Suzuki, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Kazuhito Ohshita, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Yoshiyuki Kikuchi, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Kenji Watanabe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Shoji Suzuki, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pad type input device is provided. The pad type input device includes an operation surface which includes a scroll area operated by an operation body. A detector is operative to detect a touch position of the operation body placed on the operation surface as positional information on a coordinate plane. A data processor is operative to acquire an operation signal obtained by the detector to perform a predetermined process. The data processor outputs a scroll signal that moves display contents in a predetermined scroll direction when the operation body placed on the scroll area is in a stop state where the operation body does not move, even after a predetermined time elapses.