Patent ID: 9195303
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: G04G,G06F

Abstract:
1. An input device comprising: a detection unit that detects as detection data an oscillation of a body of a user generated by tapping the body of the user, the oscillation being transmitted from the tapping site to the detection unit via the body; an input information identification unit that refers to the detection data, identifies a tap site based on a fact that the detection data varies depending on a physical property of a body tissue at the tap site, and outputs an operation command allocated to the identified tap site; and a storage unit that stores a period of the oscillation detected by the detection unit and a tap site in association with each other, wherein the detection data is a period of the oscillation, the input information identification unit refers to the storage unit to identify the tap site, the storage unit stores upper and lower threshold values of a period of the oscillation and a tap site in association with each other; and the input information identification unit identifies the tap site by deciding whether or not the detected period of the oscillation falls between the upper and lower threshold values.