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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2013
Applicant:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Ryoji Okazaki, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
OMRON Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G05G 9/047 (2006.01); H01H 13/02 (2006.01); H01H 25/04 (2006.01); H01H 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 3/12 (2013.01); G05G 9/047 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); H01H 13/023 (2013.01); H01H 25/04 (2013.01); H01H 25/065 (2013.01); H01H 2219/036 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operation unit includes an operation part that is provided to be movable up and down along a movement axis, functions as a push-button switch at a first position, and functions as a joystick lever at a second position above the first position in the movement axis direction; and an operation part-detecting part that senses pressing of the operation part when the operation part is at the first position, and senses a direction in which the operation part has inclined when the operation part is at the second position.