Rotary input device and electronic equipment

Abstract

Disclosed is a rotary input device including: a rotary operation device; a detection section; a display control section; a rotation driving section to apply a rotary force to the rotary operation device; a first force sense presenting section to present a first force sense by a combination of at least any two of applying a rotary force in a normal rotation direction, applying a rotary force in a reverse rotation direction, and stopping applying when the detected rotation angle reaches a predetermined switching angle corresponding to the displayed predetermined display information; a second force sense presenting section to present a second force sense different from the first force sense by applying the rotary force in the normal rotation direction when the rotation angle detected by the detection section is within a first range, and in the reverse rotation direction when the angle is within a second range.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a rotary input device and an electronic device having the rotary input device. Background technique [0002] In the past, such a rotary input device is known: as an operation input device for operating an electronic device, there is a rotary operating element such as a touch dial (dial), and the operator performs a rotating operation on the rotary operating element, thereby being able to change from the display to the display. Select a desired selection item etc. from a plurality of selection items on the upper part. [0003] Specifically, in this type of rotary input device, each time the rotation angle of the rotary operation element reaches the switching angle by the rotation operation, the selection items being selected are switched in a prescribed order, and the operator selects the desired After the selected item is switched to the selected state, the selection is determined by pressing the rotary operation eleme...

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[0008] However, according to the rotary input devices described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, although the operator can give the operator a feeling of boosting and braking, it cannot provide the operation feeling (click feeling) obtained when the button is pressed mechanically. For operators with obvious and more obvious sense of operation, it cannot meet the demand

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