Patent ID: 8536965

Claim:
An analog pointing key structure comprising: a first rigid body key top; a surrounding member that is provided so as to surround the first rigid body key top, and has a hole through which the first rigid body key top is exposed; a support member, on a front surface of which the first rigid body key top is fixed, wherein the support member has an elastic returning part provided in at least a part of an area which surrounding the first rigid body key top, and the elastic returning part permits the first rigid body key top to move in a direction along a surface of the first rigid body key top, and can cancel the movement; a ring-form magnetic member provided on a back-surface side of the surrounding member so as to be fixed to the support member and to surround the first rigid body key top, wherein at least a part of the ring-form magnetic member is interposed between the first rigid body key top and the elastic returning part; a magnetic sensor that measures a change in a magnetic flux density due to a displacement of the ring-form magnetic member which moves together with the first rigid body key top; a screen plate which has a ring form and is provided on a surface of the ring-form magnetic member, wherein an inner-peripheral part of the screen plate is positioned within the hole of the surrounding member; a key top support plate, on a surface of which the first rigid body key top is attached, wherein an outer-peripheral part of the key top support plate is positioned on a back-surface side of the screen plate, and the key top support plate has an outer diameter larger than an inner diameter of the screen plate, and; an elastic member fixed to a back surface of the support member, where the elastic member permits the first rigid body key top to move in a thickness direction of the support member, and can cancel the movement.