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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2012
Hideo Kawabe, Saitama, JP;
Masatoshi Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinobu Kuriya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusaku Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Kabasawa, Saitama, JP;
Tetsuro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Kawabe, Saitama, JP;
Masatoshi Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinobu Kuriya, Kanagawa, JP;
Yusaku Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Kabasawa, Saitama, JP;
Tetsuro Goto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsubasa Tsukahara, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation apparatus includes a base, a sensing unit, a plurality of plates, and a drive mechanism. The base has a surface. The sensing unit includes at least three pressure-sensitive detection regions that are provided at different vertex positions of a polygon having at least three corners set in each of a plurality of regions obtained by partitioning at least a part of the surface of the base. The plurality of plates are provided to correspond to the plurality of regions and cover the at least a part of the surface. The drive mechanism is configured to drive the plurality of plates on the basis of a signal generated by detection of the sensing unit.