Patent ID: 7391343

Claim:
An input device, comprising: an input circuit including a plurality of key switches; and a control circuit including a key input terminal to which a first terminal of the input circuit is connected, and an interrupt terminal to which a second terminal of the input circuit is directly connected, wherein when a key switch is turned ON, an interrupt signal is input from the second terminal of the input circuit to the interrupt terminal, so that the control circuit transitions from a power saving mode to a normal mode, and the control circuit determines which one of the key switches is turned ON based on a value of a voltage applied from the first terminal of the input circuit to the key input terminal; the input circuit includes a plurality of voltage determination circuits connected in series with one another, each voltage determination circuit including a resistor and a key switch; the first terminal is a connection node between the resistor and the key switch of a first voltage determination circuit, the first voltage determination circuit being one of the voltage determination circuits that is connected directly to an external power supply; the second terminal is a connection node between the resistor and the key switch of one of the voltage determination circuits other than the first voltage determination circuit and a last voltage determination circuit, the last voltage determination circuit being one of the voltage determination circuits that is electrically farthest away from the external power supply; the key switches of the voltage determination circuits that are subsequent to the second terminal are all non-mode-change key switches and if the non-mode-change key switch is turned ON, the interrupt signal is not input to the interrupt terminal; and the key switches of the voltage determination circuits that precede the second terminal are all mode-change key switches and if the mode-change key switch is turned ON, the interrupt signal is input to the interrupt terminal.