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Granted Patent B2
US 10,216,326 · App. 16/025,394 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Portable apparatus

Inventors: Satoshi Sato (Kitasaku, JP); Naoyuki Terada (Iwata, JP); Kazumasa Adachi (Hamamatsu, JP); Makoto Furuta (Fukuroi, JP); Takahiro Shimura (Hamamatsu, JP); Shigeyuki Adachi (Fukuroi, JP)
Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
G06F3/0416G06F1/1613G06F1/1643G06F3/0412G06F3/0414G06F2203/04105
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Patent No.
US 10,216,326
App. No.
16/025,394
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus. The portable apparatus includes: a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted; four touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from vicinities of four corners of the frame; a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and a calculation unit that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage.

Claims (12)

1. A portable apparatus capable of detecting a grip strength with which a user grips the portable apparatus, the portable apparatus comprising:

a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted;

a first grip detection-dedicated leg extending from a long side of the frame;

a first strain gage attached to the first grip detection-dedicated leg; and

a calculator that finds the grip strength based on an output of the first strain gage, the grip strength being a strength applied to the portable apparatus in a direction of a short side of the frame by the user gripping the portable apparatus.

2. The portable apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a casing that has a back surface and a side surface and that houses the grip detection-dedicated leg,

wherein the grip detection-dedicated leg is in contact with the side surface on an inside of the casing.

3. The portable apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second grip detection-dedicated leg extending from the long side of the frame; and

a second strain gage attached to the second grip detection-dedicated leg,

wherein the calculation unit detects a grip position where the user grips the casing, based on outputs of the first strain gage and the second strain gage.

4. The portable apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rectangular frame and the first grip detection-dedicated leg are formed integrally and are formed of an identical material.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-250471 · Dec 22, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15381897 · Dec 16, 2016
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