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US 7,583,508 B2Granted
Band-shaped input device and electronic device
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasuji Hagiwara, Junichi Inamura
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Abstract
A strap controller (input device) includes a band-shaped strap, a connecting member which connects the strap in a looped shape, and a connecting cord which connects the connecting member to a portable audio device.
Claims9
An input device comprising:
- a neck-hung strap;
- and
- a connecting member connecting the strap, the strap having a loop-shaped configuration;
- the strap having at least one input portion embedded therein, and the strap being elongated and flexible;
- an electronic device remote from the strap and input portion, the electronic device configured to perform functions in response to control signals received from the input portion;
- and
- wherein the at least one input portion is operable to control the functions of the remote electronic device so that the electronic device performs the functions based on the control signals transmitted by the input portion and wherein the at least one input portion performs various types of inputs based on opposing resistor layers or electrode layers having predetermined lengths of one and the other boards and sliding the at least one input portion in a length-wise direction of a band-shaped strap.
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An input device comprising:
- a wearable strap;
- and
- a connecting member capable of connecting the strap in a plurality of shapes;
- wherein at least one input portion is disposed within the strap;
- and
- wherein the at least one input portion is operable to control functions of a remote electronic device by transmitting control signals to the electronic device, the electronic device being remote from both the strap and the input portion, and responsive to the control signals transmitted by the input portion and wherein the at least one input portion performs various types of inputs based on opposing resistor layers or electrode layers having predetermined lengths of one and the other boards and sliding the at least one input portion in a length-wise direction of a band-shaped strap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.