Information input device and method
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1. An information input device comprising:
- two relatively slidable plate-shaped input members held between fingertips or parts of fingers of a hand to slide relative to each other; and
an information producing portion for producing input information in accordance with at least a relative position or a relative movement of the plate-shaped input members, whereinone of the two relatively slidable plate-shaped input members is provided with an opening portion surrounded by at least one side surface; and
the opening portion of the one plate-shaped input member is configured to allow an operator'"'"'s fingertip or a part of his/her finger to directly contact with a slidable contact face of the another plate-shaped input member through the opening portion so as to sense a relative positional displacement of the two plate-shaped input members as a change in the fingers'"'"' sense, and the opening portion is further configured to allow the operator'"'"'s fingertip or a part of his/her finger to contact with the at least one side surface.
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Abstract
An information input device and an information input method are provided which can provide portability to thereby improve manipulation flexibility and has a high manipulation resolving power. The device includes two relatively slidable plate-shaped input members held between fingertips or parts of fingers of a hand to slide relative to each other, and an information producing portion for producing input information in accordance with at least a relative position or a relative movement of the plate-shaped input members.
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1. An information input device comprising:
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two relatively slidable plate-shaped input members held between fingertips or parts of fingers of a hand to slide relative to each other; and an information producing portion for producing input information in accordance with at least a relative position or a relative movement of the plate-shaped input members, wherein one of the two relatively slidable plate-shaped input members is provided with an opening portion surrounded by at least one side surface; and the opening portion of the one plate-shaped input member is configured to allow an operator'"'"'s fingertip or a part of his/her finger to directly contact with a slidable contact face of the another plate-shaped input member through the opening portion so as to sense a relative positional displacement of the two plate-shaped input members as a change in the fingers'"'"' sense, and the opening portion is further configured to allow the operator'"'"'s fingertip or a part of his/her finger to contact with the at least one side surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An information input device comprising:
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two relatively slidable plate-shaped input members held between fingertips or parts of fingers of a hand to slide relative to each other; and an information producing portion for producing input information in accordance with at least a relative position or a relative movement of the plate-shaped input members, wherein both the two relatively slidable plate-shaped input members are provided with an opening portion surrounded by at least one side surface, respectively; and the opening portions of the two plate-shaped input members are configured to allow an operator'"'"'s fingertip or a part of the fingertip to contact with the operator'"'"'s another fingertip of a part of the another fingertip through the opening portions of the two plate-shaped input members so as to sense a relative positional displacement of the two relatively slidable plate-shaped input members as a change in the fingers'"'"' sense, and the opening portions also allow the operator'"'"'s fingertip or a part of the fingertip and the another fingertips or a part of the another fingertip to contact with the side surfaces, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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