Input device and input / output device

An input/output device comprising:

• an input unit that has a switch unit that includes a plurality of temporary input switches and a plurality of actual input switches to be the same number and to be disposed so as to be symmetric with respect to a line, a plurality of operation units that reciprocally move between the temporary input switches and the actual input switches of the switch unit to be disposed so as to be symmetric with respect to a line and perform the turning-on/turning-off operations on the temporary input switches and the actual input switches, a detection information generating unit that detects the ON state or the OFF state of each temporary input switch and each actual input switch of the switch unit, combines detected information, and generates combined detection information, a storage unit that stores data corresponding to each combined detection information, and an input determining unit that acquires the combined detection information from the detection information generating unit, associates the combined detection information with the data stored in the storage unit, and determines data to be input, and determines the combination of the detection information only when the detection information generating unit detects the ON state of any actual input switch and detects simultaneous turning-off of all of the actual input switches;
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• an output unit that has an output rotation shaft that performs left rotation, right rotation, rotation stop about an axis line crossing a ventral surface of a fingertip of an operator in each operation unit, an output determining unit that acquires data from the outside, associates the data with the data stored in the storage unit, and determines the combined detection information to be output, a rotation information generating unit that generates rotation information of the output rotation shaft from the combined detection information acquired from the output determining unit, and a rotation power unit that acquires the rotation information from the rotation information generating unit and causes the left rotation, the right rotation, and the rotation stop of the output rotation shaft, wherein the rotation information generating unit generates rotation information of one of the left and right rotations from the turning-on detection information of the temporary input switches in the combined detection information, generates rotation information of the other one of the left and right rotations from the turning-on detection information of the actual input switches, generates rotation information of the rotation stop from turning-off detection information of the temporary input switches, generates rotation information of the rotation stop from turning-off detection information of the actual input switches, generates rotation information of simultaneous rotation stop of all of output rotation shafts from simultaneous turning-off detection information of all of the actual input switches, and generates the rotation information.