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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Applicants:
Satoshi Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Norio Endo, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 1/40 (2006.01); G01R 1/06 (2006.01); G01R 1/067 (2006.01); G01R 1/07 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A disclosed input apparatus includes an operating part pressed by a user; a first resistance film and a second resistance film facing each other; a measuring unit configured to measure a difference between a first electric potential of a first end of a contact resistance and a second electric potential of a second end of the contact resistance; and a detecting unit configured to obtain pressure information indicative of a pressure load caused by the pressing of the operating part based on the difference in electric potential.