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US 2007/0164994 A1Published application
Input device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsTakefumi Inoue, Naoki Tatehata
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Abstract
An input device includes an input section formed of a display sheet and a coordinate input sheet, and a switch section allowing a push-input and placed on a substrate at a place corresponding to a display section of the display sheet. A foamed layer containing air and working as an insulating resin layer is placed between the input section and the substrate. The input section is supported via the foamed layer.
Claims8
An input device comprising:
- an input section allowing a coordinate input by using a change in electrostatic capacity in response to a finger movement and a push-input onto a display section on which a mark is shown;
- a substrate disposed under the input section with a space and having a conductive unit;
- a push-switch section disposed on the substrate at a place corresponding to the display section;
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- an insulating resin layer containing air and disposed between the substrate and the input section.
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