Patent ID: 9655172
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G,H03K,H05B

Claim:
1. A touch slider unit comprising: a touch slider having a contact part configured to be in contact with a user and a light-transmitting part disposed to surround a circumference of the contact part and configured to provide backlighting for the contact part; an electrode disposed on a back surface of the contact part of the touch slider; a controller configured to detect a change in electrostatic capacity of the electrode to detect a contact of the user with the touch slider based on the detected change in the electrostatic capacity of the electrode; and a light source disposed on the back side of the touch slider, wherein the controller is formed into a plate shape and disposed to face the back surface of the touch slider, wherein the light source is disposed on the controller to face the contact part of the touch slider, wherein a plurality of additional light sources, each of which emits light of a color different from the light source, are disposed on the controller at positions facing the light-transmitting part of the touch slider, and wherein the controller is further configured to cause the light source facing the contact part to emit a light and, when the controller detects a contact of the user with the touch slider, to also cause the additional light source closest to the portion of the touch slider coming into contact with the user to emit a different colored light.