INPUT APPARATUS

• US 20110181538A1
• Filed: 12/25/2009
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Aono, Tomotake
• Granted Patent: US 8,937,599 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

An input apparatus has a display unit for displaying an input object, an input unit for receiving a pressure input to the input object, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, and a control unit for controlling to receive the pressure input when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a load standard. The control unit controls such that the load standard for receiving the pressure input to the input object displayed in an interrupting manner is higher than the load standard for receiving the pressure input to the input object which has been displayed.

Claims

1. An input apparatus comprising:

a display unit for displaying an input object;

an input unit for receiving a pressure input to the input object displayed on the display unit;

a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit; and

a control unit for controlling to receive the pressure input when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a load standard, wherein

the control unit controls such that a load standard for receiving a pressure input to an input object displayed on the display unit in an interrupting manner is higher than a load standard for receiving a pressure input to the input object which has been displayed on the display unit.