Patent ID: 9176619
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An input device comprising: an operation substrate; a proximity sensor provided in the operation substrate, the proximity sensor detecting if an operation body is in contact with or in a vicinity of a surface of the operation substrate; a pressing force sensor configured to detect a pressing force applied to the operation substrate; a panel supporting and holding the operation substrate, the panel including support portions provided to at least two locations on the panel; a facing members each facing corresponding one of the support portions at a distance; a connection portion extending from the operation substrate, the connection portion being disposed between each facing member and the corresponding support portion; and an elastic body including at least one of a first elastic body interposed between each support portion and the connection portion, or a second elastic body interposed between each facing member and the connection portion, the elastic body deforming when a pressing force is applied to the operation substrate, such that the operation substrate moves in a thickness direction thereof to actuate the pressing force sensor, wherein the support portions provided at the two locations are spaced apart from each other, and the operation substrate is configured to rotate around an imaginary hinge line connecting the support portions at the two locations.