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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Naoyuki Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Naoyuki Ishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/0312 (2013.01); G06F 3/0383 (2013.01); G06F 3/0386 (2013.01); G06F 3/03542 (2013.01); G06F 3/0421 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device includes a casing, a moveable unit disposed in the casing and including a spherical object and a rotation detector for detecting a rotation of the spherical object contactable on a display face, and a transmitter, disposed in the casing, to receive a rotation detection signal from the rotation detector and to transmit the rotation detection signal when the rotation detector detects the rotation of the spherical object.