Multidirectional input device
AssigneeAlps Alpine Co., Ltd.
InventorsMasaki Ota, Tetsu Numata, Masatoshi Ono, Masashi Ito
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Abstract
A multidirectional input device includes a housing made of an insulating material; an operation lever supported by the housing in a tiltable manner; a tilt detection sensor configured to detect a tilt of the operation lever; and an electrostatic detection circuit configured to detect an electrostatic capacitance formed between an electrostatic detection electrode and a surrounding object, wherein the housing includes a dome-shaped dome portion and an opening provided at a top of the dome portion, the operation lever is inserted through the opening, and the electrostatic detection electrode has an annular portion disposed to surround the opening.
Claims9
A multidirectional input device comprising:
- a housing made of an insulating material;
- an operation lever supported by the housing in a tiltable manner;
- a tilt detection sensor configured to detect a tilt of the operation lever;
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- an electrostatic detection circuit configured to detect an electrostatic capacitance formed between an electrostatic detection electrode and a surrounding object,
- wherein the housing includes a dome-shaped dome portion and an opening provided at a top of the dome portion,
- the operation lever is inserted through the opening, and
- the electrostatic detection electrode has an annular portion disposed to surround the opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.