Multi-way input device

Details Multi-way input device Multi-way input device

Filed on

1994-10-11

Date issued

1996-02-13

Examiner

Brier, Jeffery

Patent Class

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

SubClass

Display peripheral interface input device

SubSubClass

Cursor mark position control device

Other Related Categories

273438, G09G 508, A63F 900

Type

Patent

Status

active

Patent number

054914973

Description

ABSTRACT:
According to the present invention there is provided an input device capable of making input in three-dimensional directions in conformity with the human's operating sense and easy to operate.
The input device is provided with, in addition to first and second switches disposed on a substrate and a third switch disposed on the substrate in a direction in which it can be pushed in the surface direction of the substrate, a fourth switch capable of being pushed axially of a shaft. An actuator used in the device has a slide-contact surface which is part of a predetermined spherical surface, and in the interior of a housing there is provided a slide-contact surface for sliding contact with the slide-contact surface of the actuator. An operating member used in the device has a shape bridging the upper and lower ends of a stick.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4794388 (1988-12-01), Matthews
patent: 4910503 (1990-03-01), Brodsky
patent: 5012230 (1991-04-01), Yasuda
patent: 5181181 (1993-01-01), Glynn

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