Input device and movable object
AssigneePanasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
InventorHideki Nishinakama
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Abstract
An input device includes a permanent magnet, a magnetic sensor, an operating unit, and a conversion mechanism. A movable member is one of the permanent magnet or the magnetic sensor. The conversion mechanism is configured to convert a movement of the operating unit in a first direction into a first action of the movable member and convert a movement of the operating unit in a second direction into a second action of the movable member. The first action is a movement involving a change in a relative angle of rotation of the permanent magnet around a rotation axis relative to the magnetic sensor. The second action is a movement involving a change in the strength of the magnetic field applied to the magnetic sensor.
Claims13
An input device comprising:
- a permanent magnet;
- a magnetic sensor configured to detect a magnetic field produced by the permanent magnet;
- an operating unit;
- and
- a conversion mechanism configured to convert a movement of the operating unit into a movement of a movable member which is one of the permanent magnet or the magnetic sensor relative to the other of the permanent magnet or the magnetic sensor, wherein
- the magnetic sensor is configured to output a signal according to a relative angle of rotation of the permanent magnet around a rotation axis relative to the magnetic sensor and strength of a magnetic field applied to the magnetic sensor,
- the conversion mechanism is configured to convert a movement of the operating unit in a first direction into a first action of the movable member and convert a movement of the operating unit in a second direction into a second action of the movable member, the second direction intersecting the first direction,
- the first action is a movement involving a change in the relative angle of rotation of the permanent magnet around the rotation axis relative to the magnetic sensor,
- the second action is a movement involving a change in the strength of the magnetic field applied to the magnetic sensor,
- the conversion mechanism includes a holder holding the movable member,
- the holder is configured to rotate together with the movable member in accordance with the movement of the operating unit in the first direction to realize the first action of the movable member, and
- the conversion mechanism is configured to move, in accordance with a movement of the operating unit in the second direction, the movable member relative to the holder to realize the second action of the movable member.
A movable object comprising:
- an input device including:
- a permanent magnet;
- a magnetic sensor configured to detect a magnetic field produced by the permanent magnet;
- an operating unit;
- and
- a conversion mechanism configured to convert a movement of the operating unit into a movement of a movable member which is one of the permanent magnet or the magnetic sensor relative to the other of the permanent magnet or the magnetic sensor, wherein
- the magnetic sensor is configured to output a signal according to a relative angle of rotation of the permanent magnet around a rotation axis relative to the magnetic sensor and strength of a magnetic field applied to the magnetic sensor,
- the conversion mechanism is configured to convert a movement of the operating unit in a first direction into a first action of the movable member and convert a movement of the operating unit in a second direction into a second action of the movable member, the second direction intersecting the first direction,
- the first action is a movement involving a change in the relative angle of rotation of the permanent magnet around the rotation axis relative to the magnetic sensor,
- the second action is a movement involving a change in the strength of the magnetic field applied to the magnetic sensor,
- the conversion mechanism includes a holder holding the movable member,
- the holder is configured to rotate together with the movable member in accordance with the movement of the operating unit in the first direction to realize the first action of the movable member, and
- the conversion mechanism is configured to move, in accordance with a movement of the operating unit in the second direction, the movable member relative to the holder to realize the second action of the movable member;
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- a movable object body on which the input device is mounted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.