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Granted Patent B2
US 10,963,075 · App. 16/563,320 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Input detecting device

Inventor: Yasuyuki Togashi (Sakai, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F3/0362G02F1/13338G06F3/0202G06F3/0446H01H13/14H01H2221/01H01H2231/016
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Patent No.
US 10,963,075
App. No.
16/563,320
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An input detecting device includes: an input receiver configured to receive position input; a position detector included in the input receiver and configured to detect at least a position of the position input; a rotary portion rotatably attached to the input receiver and configured to move between a standby position spaced apart from the input receiver and an advanced position closer than the standby position to the input receiver; a rotation detectable portion configured to be rotated relative to the input receiver together with the rotary portion and whose position is detectable by the position detector; and a push detectable portion whose position is detectable by the position detector when the rotary portion is positioned at one of the standby position and the advanced position.

Claims (27)

1. An input detecting device comprising:

a display device including a display surface including a display area displaying an image and a non-display area outside the display area, the display device including a touch panel pattern disposed in the display area; and

a dial attached to the display device to protrude from a section of the display area of the display surface, the dial including:

a stationary member having a cylindrical shape and being fixed to the display device, the stationary member being made of a non-conductive material;

a rotary portion having a cylindrical shape and being attached to the stationary member to be rotatable relative to the stationary member and movable between a standby position spaced apart from the display surface and an advanced position closer than the standby position to the display surface, the rotary portion including a first rotary portion made of a conductive material and a second rotary portion made of a non-conductive material;

a rotation detectable conductive plate attached to a first section of an outer periphery of the second rotary portion to be rotatable together with the rotary portion relative to the display surface so that a position of the rotation detectable conductive plate is detected by the touch panel pattern; and

a push detectable conductive plate attached to a second section of the outer periphery of the second rotary portion to be movable together with the rotary portion between the standby position and the advanced position so that a position of the push detectable conductive plate is detected by the touch panel pattern;

wherein the first rotary portion is rotatable relative to the stationary member and movable between the standby position and the advanced position; and

the second rotary portion is rotatable together with the first rotary portion but not movable together with the first rotary portion between the standby position and the advance position.

2. The input detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the rotation detectable conductive plate is electrically connected to the rotary portion, and

the push detectable conductive plate is electrically connected to the rotary portion.

3. The input detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation detectable conductive plate includes a portion sticking out from the second rotary portion toward the display device and the second rotary portion includes a protrusion projecting toward the display device.

4. The input detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a biasing member located between the first rotary portion and the second rotary portion to elastically bias the first rotary portion toward the standby position.

5. The input detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotary portion includes a push detection elastic contact that is in elastic contact with the push detectable conductive plate when the first rotary portion is the advanced position.

6. The input detecting device according to claim 5 , wherein the push detection elastic contact is out of contact with the push detectable conductive plate when the first rotary portion is at the standby position and is in elastic contact with the push detectable conductive plate when the first rotary portion is at the advanced position.

7. The input detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotary portion includes a push detection elastic contact that is out of elastic contact with the push detectable conductive plate when the first rotary portion is at the advanced position and in elastic contact with the push detectable conductive plate when the first rotary portion is at the standby position.

8. The input detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second rotary portion includes a rotation detection elastic contact that is in elastic contact with the rotation detectable conductive plate.

9. The input detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the push detectable conductive plate includes a push detectable surface facing the display device and being detectable by the touch panel pattern,

the rotation detectable conductive plate includes a rotation detectable surface facing the display device and being detectable by the touch panel pattern, and

the push detectable surface and the rotation detectable surface have different sizes.

10. The input detecting device according to claim 9 , wherein the push detectable conductive plate includes a plurality of the push detectable surfaces.

11. The input detecting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a latch including a supporting portion fixed to the stationary member and an arm elastically deformable with the supporting portion as a fulcrum to be in contact with an inner periphery of the second rotary portion, wherein

the inner periphery of the second rotary portion includes recesses and protrusions alternately arranged in a rotation direction of the second rotary portion.

12. The input detecting device according to claim 11 , wherein the stationary member includes a first stationary portion and a second stationary portion disposed such that the latch is sandwiched between the first stationary portion and the second stationary portion.

13. The input detecting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first section and the second section of the outer periphery of the second rotary portion are separated from each other in a circumferential direction of the second rotary portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2019
From: TOGASHI, YASUYUKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 050297/0398 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62731563 · Sep 14, 2018
Related Publication 20200089337A1 · Mar 19, 2020
Cited By (1)
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