IP Library Patent Application 13028567
Patent Application
App. No. 13/028,567

INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

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App. No.
13/028,567
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an input device, including: a protective substrate having a manipulation surface which an object to be detected contacts; a detection body in which a detection electrode is formed on a detection substrate facing a surface of the protective substrate opposite to the manipulation surface of the protective substrate; and a vibrating body which is fixed to the protective substrate and which is vibrated when the object to be detected contacts the manipulation surface.

Claims (16)

1 . An input device, comprising:

a protective substrate having a manipulation surface which an object to be detected contacts;

a detection body in which a detection electrode is formed on a detection substrate facing a surface of said protective substrate opposite to said manipulation surface of said protective substrate; and

a vibrating body which is fixed to said protective substrate and which is vibrated when said object to be detected contacts said manipulation surface.

2 . The input device according to claim 1 , wherein said protective substrate includes a protrusion portion which protrudes from a periphery of said detection body, and said vibrating body is fixed to said protrusion portion.

3 . The input device according to claim 2 , wherein said vibrating body is fixed to a surface of said protrusion portion opposite to said manipulation surface.

4 . The input device according to claim 2 , further comprising

a light blocking layer formed on a surface of said protrusion portion.

5 . The input device according to claim 1 , wherein said vibrating body is formed in a long shape along an edge side of said protective substrate.

6 . The input device according to claim 1 , wherein said input device includes the plurality of vibrating bodies formed each in a long shape along corresponding ones of edge sides facing each other of said protective substrate.

7 . The input device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a display body for displaying thereon an image which is installed on a side opposite to said protective substrate across said detection body.

8 . An electronic apparatus comprising an input device having:

a protective substrate having a manipulation surface which an object to be detected contacts;

a detection body in which a detection electrode is formed on a detection substrate facing a surface of said protective substrate opposite to said manipulation surface of said protective substrate; and

a vibrating body which is fixed to said protective substrate and which is vibrated when said object to be detected contacts said manipulation surface.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2013
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 030182/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2011
From: ARAI, KENJI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025954/0586 →