# US 2014/0198042 A1 · Operation input device and method, program, and electronic apparatus

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- Number: US 2014/0198042 A1
- Document ID: US20140198042A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/218,562
- Filed: 2014-03-18
- Published: 2014-07-17
- Earliest claimed: 2009-12-17
- Assignees: Sony Corporation
- Applicants: Sony Corporation
- Inventors: Kazuyuki YAMAMOTO; Takurou Noda; Ikuo Yamano
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140198042A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/0338: with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks
- G06F 3/0317: {in co-operation with a patterned surface, e.g. absolute position or relative movement detection for an optical mouse or pen positioned with respect to a coded surface}
- G06F 3/0321: {by optically sensing the absolute position with respect to a regularly patterned surface forming a passive digitiser, e.g. pen optically detecting position indicative tags printed on a paper sheet (constructional details of pen-shaped pointing devices G06F3/03545, G06F3/03542, G06F3/037)}
- G06F 3/03545: {Pens or stylus}
- G06F 3/038: Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An operation input device includes: angular velocity detecting means for detecting an angular velocity; relative velocity detecting means for contactlessly detecting a relative velocity to a target object; distance detecting means for detecting a distance to the target object; and computing means for computing an amount of movement based on the angular velocity, the relative velocity, and the distance.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An operation input device comprising:
angular velocity detecting means for detecting an angular velocity;
relative velocity detecting means for contactlessly detecting a relative velocity to a target object;
distance detecting means for detecting a distance to the target object; and
computing means for computing an amount of movement based on the angular velocity, the relative velocity, and the distance.