IP Library Granted Patent US 6,959,232
Granted Patent B2
US 6,959,232 · App. 10/727,294 · Granted Oct 25, 2005

Force sense imparting type input apparatus

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Patent No.
US 6,959,232
App. No.
10/727,294
Granted
Oct 25, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A force sense imparting type input apparatus includes an operation portion, an actuator for imparting a force sense to the operation portion, a position sensor for detecting an operating direction and an operating quantity of the operation portion, a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of the actuator, and a controller for acquiring a position signal and a temperature signal and outputting driving signal of the actuator. A correction control portion provided to the controller determines a calorific value of the actuator from the temperature signal, then a correction value of driving power supplied to the actuator from the calorific value so calculated, adds a correction value of driving power of the actuator at the time of a normal operation and decides driving power of the actuator at the time of over-heat.

Claims (11)

1. A force sense imparting type input apparatus comprising:

an operation portion operated by an operator;

a position sensor for detecting an operating condition of said operation portion;

an actuator for imparting a force sense to said operation portion;

a temperature sensor for detecting a temperature of said actuator; and

a controller for controlling driving of said actuator in accordance with a position signal outputted from said position sensor, imparting a predetermined force sense corresponding to the operating condition of said operation portion to said operation portion and decreasing a power supply value to said actuator without stopping supply of driving power to said actuator when a signal value of a temperature signal outputted from said temperature sensor is above a predetermined value set in advance.

2. A force sense imparting type input apparatus comprising:

an operation portion operated by an operator;

a position sensor for detecting an operating condition of said operation portion;

an actuator for imparting a force sense to said operation portion; and

a controller for controlling driving of said actuator in accordance with a position signal outputted from said position sensor, imparting a predetermined force sense corresponding to the operating condition of said operation portion to said operation portion, calculating a temperature of said actuator in accordance with the driving condition of said actuator and decreasing a power supply value to said actuator without stopping supply of driving power to said actuator when said calculation value is above a predetermined value set in advance.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048200/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 3, 2003
From: SANPEI, YOSHIO; NONAKA, KAIJI; KOBAYASHI, AYUMU; SHIBAZAKI, KEN; FUKUSHIMA, NORIYUKI
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 014768/0382 →