Operation input device
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
InventorsSusumu Mega, Hidetaka Nomura, Kazuma Hatano, Akiko Hoshino, Seiji Hayashi
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Abstract
An operation input device includes an operation input unit that is configured to receive a tracing operation performed in a one-dimensional direction. The operation input unit includes a plurality of mechanical switches that are arranged side by side in an operation direction and each include an operation surface subjected to the tracing operation, the operation surface defining a curved surface along the operation direction.
Claims12
An operation input device, comprising an operation input unit that is configured to receive a tracing operation performed in a one-dimensional direction,
- wherein the operation input unit comprises a plurality of mechanical switches that are arranged side by side in an operation direction and each comprises an operation surface subjected to the tracing operation, the operation surface of each mechanical switch of the plurality of mechanical switches defining a curved surface along the operation direction,
- wherein a setting value to be input is increased when the tracing operation as the operation direction in a first direction is input to the operation input unit,
- wherein the setting value to be input is decreased when the tracing operation as the operation direction in a second direction, which is opposite to the first direction, is input thereto,
- wherein the operation input device further comprises a control unit that obtains a direction and a traced amount of the tracing operation based on a plurality of ON signals output from the plurality of mechanical switches, and
- wherein the control unit determines an amount of the setting value to be increased or decreased based on the traced amount of the tracing operation to be calculated from a number of all of the plurality of mechanical switches and a number of the output plurality of ON signals.
An operation input device, comprising an operation input unit that is configured to receive a tracing operation performed in a one-dimensional direction,
- wherein the operation input unit comprises a plurality of mechanical switches that are arranged side by side in the one-dimensional direction and wherein each mechanical switch of the plurality of mechanical switches comprises an operation surface subjected to the tracing operation, the operation surface of each mechanical switch of the plurality of mechanical switches defining a curved surface along the one-dimensional direction, wherein the curved surface of each mechanical switch of the plurality of mechanical switches comprises a quadric surface;
- wherein the operation input device further comprises a control unit that obtains a direction and a traced amount of the tracing operation based on a plurality of ON signals output from the plurality of mechanical switches, and
- wherein the control unit determines an amount of a setting value to be increased or decreased based on the traced amount of the tracing operation to be calculated from a number of all of the plurality of mechanical switches and a number of the output plurality of ON signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.