# US 10,870,050 B2 · Input device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,870,050 B2 - Document ID: US10870050B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/445,326 - Filed: 2019-06-19 - Published: 2019-12-26 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-21 - Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Masaho Morita - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870050B2 ## CPC - A63F 13/214: for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads - A63F 13/22: Setup operations, e.g. calibration, key configuration or button assignment - A63F 13/24: Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles - G06F 3/0338: with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks - G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface} - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Disclosed herein is an input device including a first external surface, a second external surface facing in a direction different from the first external surface, a first operating pad disposed in the first external surface, and a second operating pad disposed in the second external surface. The first operating pad includes a touch sensor and is movable in response to a pressing operation. The second operating pad includes a touch sensor and is movable in response to a pressing operation. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An input device comprising: a first external surface; a second external surface facing in a direction different from the first external surface; a first operating pad disposed in the first external surface; and a second operating pad disposed in the second external surface; the first operating pad including a touch sensor, and being movable in response to a pressing operation; the second operating pad including a touch sensor, and being movable in response to a pressing operation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein the second operating pad is adjacent to an edge portion of the first operating pad. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein the first operating pad constitutes a boundary between the first external surface and the second external surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein the first operating pad is movable in a first direction in response to the pressing operation, and the second operating pad is adjacent to the first operating pad in the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein the second operating pad is disposed below a front edge portion of the first operating pad, and the second operating pad has a part located in front of the front edge portion of the first operating pad as viewed in plan of the first operating pad. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein the second operating pad is movable in a first direction together with the first operating pad when the first operating pad receives the pressing operation. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The input device according to claim 6, wherein the first operating pad retains the second operating pad, and allows movement of the second operating pad due to the pressing operation of the second operating pad. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, further comprising: an elastic member configured to push the second operating pad toward an initial position of the second operating pad, wherein the elastic member is supported by the first operating pad. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, further comprising: a switch configured to detect movement of the second operating pad, and a pressing portion configured to press the switch as a result of an operation of the second operating pad; wherein one of the first operating pad and the second operating pad has one of the switch and the pressing portion, and the other of the first operating pad and the second operating pad has the other of the switch and the pressing portion. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein the second operating pad has a first part and a second part located on opposite sides from each other with a switch interposed between the first part and the second part, and the input device has a first stopper configured to regulate movement of the second part in an opposite direction from a first direction when the first part is moved in the first direction and a second stopper configured to regulate movement of the first part in the opposite direction from the first direction when the second part is moved in the first direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, wherein the first external surface is an upper surface of the input device, and the second external surface is a front surface or a rear surface of the input device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The input device according to claim 1, further comprising: an operating member disposed on a right portion of the input device; and an operating member disposed on a left portion of the input device, wherein the first operating pad and the second operating pad are located between the operating member disposed on the right portion of the input device and the operating member disposed on the left portion of the input device.