Input apparatus

• US 8,624,859 B2
• Filed: 12/25/2009
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/25/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Aono, Tomotake
• Primary Examiner(s): SHENG, TOM V
• Application Number:
  US13/121,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20110181539A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,474 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/174, 173/18.03, 173/18.05, 173/18.06, 173/18.07, 715/864, 715/863, 463/37, 178/18.01, 178/18.02, 178/18.03
• 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

Abstract

The input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input to an 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 if the pressure load satisfies a load standard. The control unit controls such that load standards for receiving pressure inputs to a plurality of adjacent input objects are differently set to a first load standard and a second load standard higher than the first load standard, and controls such that if a pressure load of a pressure input to an input object with the first load standard satisfies the second load standard, the pressure input is not received.

Claims

1. An input apparatus comprising:

a display unit configured to display an input object;

an input unit configured to detect a pressure input to the input object displayed on the display unit;

a load detection unit configured to detect a pressure load on the input unit; and

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

the control unit determines whether the input object is adjacent to another input object,

the control unit controls, based on a result of the determination, such that a first load standard for receiving a pressure input to the input object is lower than a second load standard for receiving a pressure input to another input object, and

the control unit controls such that a pressure input is not received if a pressure load of the pressure input to the input object with the first load standard satisfies the second load standard.

2. The input apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls such that a pressure input is not received if a pressure load of the pressure input to an input object with the first load standard falls down to be lower than the second load standard after satisfying the second load standard.