Input device and operation button
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsSo MORIMOTO, Katsuhisa TADANO
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Abstract
Provided are an input device and an operation button capable of facilitating operation button attachment work. A controller includes a first magnetic structure that is provided on one of a button receiving portion and an operation button and that includes at least two magnetic poles disposed away from each other in a first direction, and a second magnetic structure that is provided on the other of the button receiving portion and the operation button and that includes a magnetic body or a magnet facing the at least two magnetic poles. The operation button includes an engaging portion that is located in a second direction crossing the first direction with respect to the at least two magnetic poles and that engages with the button receiving portion.
Claims10
An input device comprising:
- a main body that includes a switch and a button receiving portion for pushing the switch;
- an operation button attached to the button receiving portion by magnetic force;
- a first magnetic structure that is provided on one of the button receiving portion and the operation button and includes at least two magnetic poles disposed away from each other in a first direction;
- and
- a second magnetic structure that is provided on the other of the button receiving portion and the operation button and includes a magnetic body or a magnet facing the at least two magnetic poles,
- wherein the operation button includes a first engaging portion that is located in a second direction crossing the first direction with respect to the at least two magnetic poles and engages with the button receiving portion.
An operation button attached to a main body by magnetic force, the operation button comprising:
- a first magnetic structure that includes at least two magnetic poles away from each other in a first direction or a second magnetic structure that includes a magnetic body or a magnet facing the at least two magnetic poles;
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- a first engaging portion that is located in a second direction crossing the first direction with respect to the at least two magnetic poles and engages with the main body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.