Patent ID: 9355805
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B60K,G06F,H01H,H03K

Claim Text:
1. An input device, comprising: a push switch; a touch sensor installed on the push switch; a first detection unit for detecting pushing down by a user of the push switch; a second detection unit for detecting a swipe by the user on the touch sensor; and a control unit for recognizing the pushing down of the push switch detected by the first detection unit and the swipe on the touch sensor detected by the second detection unit, wherein the control unit recognizes the swipe on the touch sensor as invalid when swipe is detected by the second detection unit within a first predetermined time after pushing down of the push switch is detected by the first detection unit; wherein the control unit recognizes the swipe on the touch sensor detected by the second detection unit within the first predetermined time as valid when another swipe on the touch sensor is detected by the second detection unit within a second predetermined time before detection of the pushing down of the push switch by the first detection unit.