X-Y direction input device

• US 5,164,712 A
• Filed: 08/08/1990
• Issued: 11/17/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: ALPS Electric Company Limited (Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Niitsuma, Hirofumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Weldon, Ulysses
• Assistant Examiner(s): FATAHI YAR, MAHMOUD
• Application Number:
  US07/564,810
• Time in Patent Office: 832 Days
• Field of Search: 340/706, 340/709, 340/710, 178/18, 74/471 XY, 74/471 R, 273/148 B
• US Class Current: 345/184
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts

Abstract

Disclosed is an X-Y direction input device for moving a cursor on a screen in a suitable direction, the device comprising a rotatable rotation operating member, a first rotary type electric part for detecting a rotational amount of the rotating operating member, a slide operating member capable of being reciprocated in a direction of a rotational axis of the rotation operating member, and a second rotary type electric part for detecting an amount of movement of the slide operating member.

Claims

1. An X-Y direction input device comprising a rotatable rotation operating member, a first rotary type electric part for detecting a rotational amount of said rotation operation member, a slide operating member capable of reciprocation in a direction of a rotational axis of said rotation operating member, and a second rotary type electric part for detecting an amount of movement of the slide operating member, in which a cursor displayed on a display device is moved in a suitable direction according to operating amounts of said rotation operating member and said slide operating member, said first rotary type electric part and said slide operating member holding said rotation operating member are mounted on a first driving member, a driving shaft spline coupled to said rotation operating member is supported at said first driving member, said second rotary type electric part having the rotation operating shaft resiliently biased to said slide operating member is mounted on a second driving member, and said first and second driving members are oscillatably supported and said first and second driving members are oscillated to operate a switch.

2. An X-Y direction input device according to claim 1 in which said rotation operating member and said slide operating member are depressed to cause said first and second driving members to be similarly oscillated to operate a switch.

3. An X-Y direction input device according to claim 1 in which said rotation operating member is depressed to cause said first and second driving members to be similarly oscillated to operate a switch.

4. An X-Y direction input device according to claim 1 in which said slide operating member is depressed to cause said first and second driving members to be similarly oscillated to operate a switch.