Deformable keyboard with adjustable layout
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1. An input apparatus, comprising:
- a deformable sheet-like operational member having a plurality of key areas;
an electrode substrate having a plurality of first electrode lines and a plurality of second electrode lines disposed facing to a plurality of the first electrode lines and crossing with a plurality of the first electrode lines; and
a support having a plurality of structures connecting the electrode substrate and the operational member, first spaces formed between a plurality of the structures corresponding to each of a plurality of the key areas, and second spaces formed between a plurality of the structures common to a predetermined plurality of the key areas, wherein none of the plurality of structures connecting the electrode substrate and the operational member is formed in the second spaces.
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Abstract
An input apparatus including a deformable sheet-like operational member having a plurality of key areas.
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19 Claims
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1. An input apparatus, comprising:
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a deformable sheet-like operational member having a plurality of key areas; an electrode substrate having a plurality of first electrode lines and a plurality of second electrode lines disposed facing to a plurality of the first electrode lines and crossing with a plurality of the first electrode lines; and a support having a plurality of structures connecting the electrode substrate and the operational member, first spaces formed between a plurality of the structures corresponding to each of a plurality of the key areas, and second spaces formed between a plurality of the structures common to a predetermined plurality of the key areas, wherein none of the plurality of structures connecting the electrode substrate and the operational member is formed in the second spaces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electronic device, comprising:
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a deformable sheet-like operational member having a plurality of key areas; an electrode substrate having a plurality of first electrode lines and a plurality of second electrode lines disposed facing to a plurality of the first electrode lines and crossing with a plurality of the first electrode lines; a support having a plurality of structures connecting the electrode substrate and the operational member, first spaces formed between a plurality of the structures corresponding to each of a plurality of the key areas, and second spaces formed between a plurality of the structures common to a predetermined plurality of the key areas, wherein none of the plurality of structures connecting the electrode substrate and the operational member is formed in the second spaces; and a controller having a control unit electrically connected to the electrode substrate, and being capable of generating information about the input operation to each of a plurality of the operational members based on outputs from a plurality of the detector sections.
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19. A sensor sheet, comprising:
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a first wiring substrate having a plurality of first electrode lines; a second wiring substrate disposed facing to the first wiring substrate having a plurality of second electrode lines that forms detector sections at crossing regions of a plurality of the first electrode lines and a plurality of the second electrode lines; and a support disposed on the first wiring substrate including a plurality of structures disposed on non-crossing regions of a plurality of the first electrode lines and a plurality of the second electrode lines, a first concave part formed between a plurality of the structures housing at least one detector section, and a second concave part formed between a plurality of the structures housing two or more detector sections, wherein none of the plurality of structures disposed on non-crossing regions of the plurality of the first electrode lines and the plurality of the second electrode lines is formed in the second concave part.
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