IP Library Granted Patent US 10,391,395
Granted Patent B2
US 10,391,395 · App. 15/467,095 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Operating device

Inventors: Kunio Sato (Tokyo, JP); Shun Miyazaki (Tokyo, JP); Yasuji Hagiwara (Tokyo, JP); Shoji Sakurai (Tokyo, JP); Keigo Wakana (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
A63F13/285A63F13/245A63F13/837G05G1/02G05G5/03G05G25/00
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Patent No.
US 10,391,395
App. No.
15/467,095
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operating device includes a moving member that reciprocates, a motor that applies a force for moving forward and a force for moving rearward to the moving member, a position sensing unit that detects a position to which the moving member is moved, and a control device that varies a load applied to the motor in accordance with an output signal from the position sensing unit. According to the operating device, a reaction force that acts on a finger or the like can be changed in accordance with the position of the moving member that is operated by using a hand or the finger.

Claims (18)

1. An operating device comprising:

a moving member that reciprocates;

an operating portion that applies a moving force to the moving member;

a motor that applies a first force for moving forward and a second force for moving rearward to the moving member;

a position sensor that detects a position to which the moving member is moved; and

a control device that changes a rotational operation of the motor in accordance with an output signal from the position sensing unit, wherein:

the control device changes a frequency of an operation reaction force that acts on the moving member by changing a rotational speed of the motor in accordance with an output signal from the position sensing unit, and

the control device changes an amplitude of the operation reaction force that acts on the moving member by changing a rotation amount of the motor in accordance with an output signal from the position sensing unit.

2. The operating device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the moving member performs a linear motion including moving forward and rearward.

3. The operating device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the position sensing unit detects the absolute position of the moving member.

4. The operating device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the position sensing unit is disposed on a power-transmission path extending from the motor to the moving member.

5. The operating device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the position sensing unit directly detects the moving member.

6. The operating device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control device changes a load of the operation reaction force that acts on the moving member by changing a torque of the motor in accordance with an output signal from the position sensing unit.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 8, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 048290/0332 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 049671/0807 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2017
From: SATO, KUNIO; MIYAZAKI, SHUN; HAGIWARA, YASUJI; SAKURAI, SHOJI; WAKANA, KEIGO
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041697/0826 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-201224 · Sep 30, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015073351 · Aug 20, 2015
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