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US 12,544,657 B2Granted
Input device
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsMasaho Morita, Ryu Sannomiya
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Abstract
Noise is prevented from occurring in voice data acquired by a microphone due to an operation of an input stick. An input device (10) includes an upper cabinet section (41) having an opening formed therein, an input stick (31) movable inside the opening, and a buffer member (46) that is provided on an inner edge of the opening of the upper cabinet section (41) and is made of a material different from a material of the inner edge of the opening and from a material of an outer peripheral surface of the input stick (31).
Claims6
An input device comprising:
- a first exterior member having a first opening formed therein;
- a second exterior member having a second opening formed therein, wherein the second exterior member covers the first exterior member;
- an input stick movable inside the first opening and the second opening;
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- a buffer member that is removably attached to an inner edge of the first opening, is separate from the second exterior member, and is made of a material different from a material of the inner edge of the first opening and from a material of an outer peripheral surface of the input stick.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.