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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
May. 14, 2009
Masahiro Itoh, Ichinomiya, JP;
Nozomi Kitagawa, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeaki Nishihashi, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Anjo, JP;
Takeshi Haruyama, Kariya, JP;
Masahiro Itoh, Ichinomiya, JP;
Nozomi Kitagawa, Okazaki, JP;
Shigeaki Nishihashi, Nagoya, JP;
Takeshi Yamamoto, Anjo, JP;
Takeshi Haruyama, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
An input device having a manipulation member is disclosed. The input device has an absolute input mode and a relative input. In the absolute input mode, the input device determines a coordinate of a pointed point on a window of a display unit based on a coordinate of the manipulation member. In the relative input mode, the input device determines the pointed point on the window in a relative manner based on a two-dimensional displacement of the manipulation member with respect to a reference position, which is set when an input mode is switched into the relative input mode. When the manipulation member receives a load that causes the manipulation member to move beyond a predetermined range, the input device generates and applies a force corresponding to the load to the manipulation member.