Input device, terminal equipped with the same, and inputting method
First Claim
1. An input device to be contacted and operated by a contact portion of a human body for operating a machine in connection therewith, the device comprising:
- a detection section configured to be contacted by the contact portion of the human body,the detection section comprising a contact surface atop a plate element, and force detection sensors provided at locations beneath the plate that register forces applied to the contact surface in a first direction (X) along a plane of the contact surface, a second direction (Y) transverse to the first direction along a plane of the contact surface, and a third direction (Z) into the plane of the contact surface, such that a force applied to the contact surface is registered in three dimensions and output as detection data;
a timer management control unit that generates a timing for recording the detection data at a time interval, and outputs the timing as timing data; and
an input information specifying unit that creates time-series data of the detection data based on the detection data and the timing data and compares the time-series data with stored data in a database, the stored data comprising a plurality of predetermined time-series data corresponding to forces applied to the contact surface by the contact portion in contact with the contact surface when trailing operations are performed by a first part of a human body operably sliding upon an area of a surface of another a second portion of the human body that is in the vicinity of connected to the contact portion in contact with the contact surface, such that when the time series data of the detection data resulting from a trailing operation, performed in the vicinity of the contact portion in contact with the contact surface upon the area of the surface of the second portion of the human body while the contact portion of the human body is in contact with the contact surface, corresponds to a predetermined time-series data stored in the database and associated with an input operation of the machine, the input information specifying unit outputs the input operation as input information specifying data for operating the machine.
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Abstract
An input device includes an input section having a detection section which detects a force transmitted via a human body when a trailing operation is performed on a part of the body contacting the input device, and outputs the force as detection data “a”; a timer management control unit which generates a timing for converting the detection data “a” into time-series data and outputs the timing as timing data “c”; an input information specifying unit which converts the detection data “a” into time-series data based on the timing data “c”, compares the time-series data with stored data “b” in a database which has been set beforehand, to thereby specify an input operation and output the input operation as input information specifying data “d”; and an information presenting unit which, upon receiving the input information specifying data “d”, displays a function assigned to the input operation.
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20 Claims
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1. An input device to be contacted and operated by a contact portion of a human body for operating a machine in connection therewith, the device comprising:
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a detection section configured to be contacted by the contact portion of the human body, the detection section comprising a contact surface atop a plate element, and force detection sensors provided at locations beneath the plate that register forces applied to the contact surface in a first direction (X) along a plane of the contact surface, a second direction (Y) transverse to the first direction along a plane of the contact surface, and a third direction (Z) into the plane of the contact surface, such that a force applied to the contact surface is registered in three dimensions and output as detection data; a timer management control unit that generates a timing for recording the detection data at a time interval, and outputs the timing as timing data; and an input information specifying unit that creates time-series data of the detection data based on the detection data and the timing data and compares the time-series data with stored data in a database, the stored data comprising a plurality of predetermined time-series data corresponding to forces applied to the contact surface by the contact portion in contact with the contact surface when trailing operations are performed by a first part of a human body operably sliding upon an area of a surface of another a second portion of the human body that is in the vicinity of connected to the contact portion in contact with the contact surface, such that when the time series data of the detection data resulting from a trailing operation, performed in the vicinity of the contact portion in contact with the contact surface upon the area of the surface of the second portion of the human body while the contact portion of the human body is in contact with the contact surface, corresponds to a predetermined time-series data stored in the database and associated with an input operation of the machine, the input information specifying unit outputs the input operation as input information specifying data for operating the machine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18)
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11. An inputting method for operating a machine in connection therewith, comprising:
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upon a contact portion of the human body contacting a detection section and a trailing operation being performed on an input area formed on a surface of the human body in the vicinity of connected to the contact portion, detecting a force transmitted via the contact portion of the human body and outputting the force as detection data, wherein the force transmitted via the contact portion corresponds to a position being trailed on the input area of the human body; generating a timing for recording the detection data at a time interval, and outputting the timing as timing data; creating, and storing in a computer memory, time-series data of the detection data based on the detection data and the timing data; and comparing the time-series data with stored data in a database comprising a plurality of predetermined time-series data corresponding to forces applied to the contact surface by the contact portion in contact with the contact surface when trailing operations are performed upon the human body, such that when the time series data of the detection data resulting from the trailing operation corresponds to predetermined time-series data stored in the database associated with an input operation of the machine, the input operation is output as input information specifying data for operating the machine. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 19)
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14. An input device to be operated by a portion of a human body for operating a machine in connection therewith, the device comprising:
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detection means adapted to, in response to being in contact with a contact portion of the human body, detect a force transmitted to the detection means via the contact portion of the human body, and to output, when trailing is performed where an operable force is applied upon an input area on a surface of the human body that is in the vicinity of connected to the contact portion, detection data corresponding to the force detected by the detection means via said contact portion during said trailing, where the force transmitted via the contact portion and detected by the detection means corresponds to a position of the trailing on the input area on the surface of the human body; timer management control means for generating a timing for recording the detection data at a time interval, and outputting the timing as timing data; a database, having stored therein a plurality of predetermined time-series data corresponding to forces applied to the contact surface by the contact portion in contact with the contact surface when trailing is performed by an object operably pressing or sliding upon the surface of the human body that is in the vicinity of connected to the contact portion in contact with the contact surface; and input information specifying means, that i) creates time-series data of the detection data based on the detection data and the timing data, ii) performs a comparison of the time-series data with the predetermined time-series data of the database, and, iii) based on the comparison, outputs an input operation as input information specifying data for operating the machine. - View Dependent Claims (15, 20)
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