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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroto Kawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsuro Goto, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Kano, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hayato Hasegawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Itaya, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiko Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoaki Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Taizo Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Itoshiro, Nagano, JP;
Shogo Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H03K 17/96 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); H03K 17/9622 (2013.01); H03K 2217/96079 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input apparatus including a deformable sheet-like operational member having a plurality of key areas.