Complex operation input device
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsKatsuichi Ohba, Sachiko Homma
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Abstract
In a complex operation input device according to the invention, a rotary electrical part manipulated with an operating member and a double-action push switch unit are arranged in a layered state in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotary electrical part. As a result, the device can be reduced in lateral size, and therefore it is made possible to provide a complex operation input device which can be used with a portable digital camera particularly suitably.
Claims16
A complex operation input device provided with an operating member, a rotary electrical part manipulated with the operating member a double-action push switch unit manipulated with the operating member, and a driver arranged between the key top and the carrier member and capable of shifting in the direction of the rotation axis,
- wherein the rotary electrical part and the double-action push switch unit are arranged in a layered state in a direction of a rotation axis of the rotary electrical part,
- wherein the operating member comprises a rotatable knob and a key top shiftable in the direction of the rotation axis, wherein the rotary electrical part is operated by rotation of the knob and wherein the double-action push switch unit is operated by the shifting of the key top,
- wherein the double-action push switch unit comprises two, first and second, push switch parts differing from each other in operating force, wherein a carrier member is provided to support the double-action push switch unit, wherein the carrier member has a plate, and wherein over the plate the first and second push switch parts are arranged in a layered state in the direction of the rotation axis, and
- wherein the first and second push switch parts are arranged above and underneath the driver, one above and the other underneath, with the driver in between.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.