Patent ID: 9724599
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A63F,H01H

Claim:
1. An operator comprising: an operation body having a shaft section that extends along a first direction, the operation body being operated by a user; a first detecting body adapted to detect a rotational motion of the operation body about a rotational axis that extends along a plane, the plane being defined by second and third directions, the second direction being orthogonal to the first direction, and the third direction being orthogonal to the first and second directions; and a second detecting body provided independently of the first detecting body to detect a translational motion of the operation body along the plane, wherein: the operation body includes a first operation section that is provided on the shaft section in a manner free to rotate about the rotational axis that extends along the plane and that spreads outward in the direction of diameter of the shaft section, where the first operation section has at least three projecting portions that are provided equidistantly along the circumference of the shaft section and that protrude along the first direction, the first detecting body detects the rotational motion of the first operation section about the rotational axis that extends along the plane, where the first detecting body includes: (i) a base section having a hole portion into which the shaft section is inserted; and (ii) at least three pressure-sensing elements each of which is provided at a position of the base section matching that of one of the projecting portions and to each of which a pressing force exerted by the projecting portion is transferred during the displacement of the first operation section, and the second detecting body detects the translational motion of the shaft section along the plane.