Input apparatus, input system and input method
AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorsRyosuke AOKI, Yuki KUBO, Yukio KOIKE
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Abstract
An input device includes: an operation unit including a plurality of protrusion units and configured to receive an operation by a body of an operator; a sensor configured to measure a 3-dimensional pressure value pressed by the plurality of protrusion units; a first elastic unit configured to inhibit the operation unit from being separated from the sensor; and a second elastic unit configured to weaken a force by which the operation unit presses the first elastic unit.
Claims7
An input device comprising:
- an operation unit including a plurality of protrusion units and configured to receive an operation by a body of an operator;
- a sensor configured to measure a 3-dimensional pressure value pressed by the plurality of protrusion units;
- a first elastic unit configured to inhibit the operation unit from being separated from the sensor;
- and
- a second elastic unit configured to weaken a force by which the operation unit presses the first elastic unit.
An input system comprising an input device and an information processing device,
- wherein the input device includes
- an operation unit that includes a plurality of protrusion units and receives an operation by a body of an operator,
- a first elastic unit configured to absorb the inclination of the operation unit,
- a second elastic unit configured to weaken a force by which the operation unit presses the first elastic unit, and
- a sensor that measures a 3-dimensional pressure value pressed by the plurality of protrusion units, and
- wherein the information processing device includes
- a memory and
- a processor coupled to the memory and configured to
- receive data indicating a measured value from the input device, and
- perform processing for a screen operation based on the measured value.
An input method performed by an input system including an input device and an information processing device,
- wherein the input device includes:
- an operation unit that includes a plurality of protrusion units and receives an operation by a body of an operator,
- a sensor that measures a 3-dimensional pressure value pressed by the plurality of protrusion units,
- a first elastic unit that inhibits the operation unit from being separated from the sensor;
- and
- a second elastic unit configured to weaken a force by which the operation unit presses the first elastic unit, and
- wherein the input method comprises:
- receiving data indicating a measured value from the input device by the information processing device;
- and
- performing processing for a screen operation based on the measured value by the information processing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.