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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 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 ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G07F 17/3204 (2013.01); G07F 17/3209 (2013.01);
Abstract
An operation unit has a rotary body that has a through-hole, and that rotates about a rotation axis that passes through the through-hole, a ball that is disposed inside the through-hole, a rotary body-detecting part that detects rotation of the rotary body, a first ball-detecting part that detects rotation of the ball, and a second ball-detecting part that detects pressing of the ball.