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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Junichiro Misawa, Nagano, JP;
Masahiro Kobori, Tokyo, JP;
Shuichi Chihara, Nagano, JP;
Hitoshi Kubota, Nagano, JP;
Akihito Kinoshita, Nagano, JP;
Yasushi Tsuji, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/70 (2006.01); H01H 13/86 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 13/70 (2013.01); G06F 1/166 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1666 (2013.01); H01H 13/86 (2013.01); H01H 2221/032 (2013.01); H01H 2223/052 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a key input device including a supporting member including groove portions inclined with respect to a horizontal direction, a plurality of keytops each including a sliding portion which is fitted in a corresponding groove portion of the groove portions and slides along the groove portion, and a control member configured to cause two or more keytops of the plurality of keytops to slide obliquely downward along the groove portions.