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Granted Patent B2
US 10,877,662 · App. 16/357,675 · Granted Dec 29, 2020

Input device

Inventors: Maiko Kikuchi (Tokyo, JP); Akio Nakamura (Tokyo, JP); Katsuya Funakoshi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
G06F3/04886G02B6/005G02B30/27G02B30/56G06F3/016G06F2203/04809
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Patent No.
US 10,877,662
App. No.
16/357,675
Granted
Dec 29, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An input device includes: a printing layer on which an image of a key including a character is printed; a 3D lens that three-dimensionally floats the image of the key printed on the printing layer; and an input detector that detects an input in accordance with the depression of the image of the key floating three-dimensionally.

Claims (15)

1. An input device comprising:

a printing layer on which an image of a key including a character is printed;

a 3D lens that three-dimensionally floats the image of the key printed on the printing layer, the 3D lens comprising semi-cylindrical lenses, a density of the semi-cylindrical lenses in a central part of the 3D lens being lower than a density of the semi-cylindrical lenses on side parts of the 3D lens; and

an input detector that detects an input in accordance with the depression of the image of the key floating three-dimensionally.

2. The input device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the printing layer includes a composite image in which a plurality of images of the key including the character are overlapped with each other, and a central part of the printing layer has a large number of images to be overlapped than right and left ends of the printing layer.

3. The input device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a depression feeling imparting member that imparts a depression feeling to a user's finger.

4. The input device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a protective sheet on the 3D lens.

5. The input device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein

a surface of the protective sheet includes one or more projections.

6. The input device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a light guide plate below the 3D lens; and

a light source adjacent to the light guide plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2019
From: KIKUCHI, MAIKO; NAKAMURA, AKIO; FUNAKOSHI, KATSUYA
To: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048647/0867 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-071535 · Apr 3, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190303001A1 · Oct 3, 2019