Rotary input device and electronic equipment

Abstract

Disclosed is a rotary input device, including: a rotary operation device; a rotation detecting section; a rotation driving section; a judging section to judge whether the detected rotation angle of the rotary operation device is a predetermined angle corresponding to a displayed selection item or not; a generating section to generate a switching signal when it is judged the rotation angle is the predetermined angle; and a rotation controlling section to control of a rotation drive to give the operator a force sense by a combination of at least any two of applying the rotary force in a normal rotation direction, applying the rotary force in a reverse rotation direction, and stopping applying the rotary force, when the judging section judges that the rotation angle of the rotary operation device is the predetermined angle.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to rotary input devices and electronic equipment. Background technique [0002] Conventionally, such a rotary input device is known, which is used in electronic equipment such as portable terminals, AV equipment, and personal computers, and performs an input operation by rotating a rotary operating element. In such a rotary input device, by manually rotating the rotary operation element, the selection items displayed on the display screen of the electronic device are sequentially switched in conjunction with the rotation of the rotary operation element until the operator selects the desired selection item. Then, an operation for confirming its selection is performed, thereby inputting an instruction corresponding to the selected selection item. [0003] However, there is such a problem in the above-mentioned rotary input device that each selection item on the selection screen is switched by simply rotating the rotation op...

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[0003] However, there is such a problem in the above-mentioned rotary input device that each selection item on the selection screen is switched by simply rotating the rotation operation element, so the operator's fingers cannot feel that the selection item on the screen has been selected. , that is, it is impossible to intuitively grasp the choice

Therefore, in Patent Document 1, although it is possible to make the operator feel that each selection element has been selected, at the time of selecting the selection element, the operator cannot be provided with an operation feeling equivalent to the rebound force generated when the button is pressed mechanically. , so for operators who pursue a more obvious and more obvious sense of operation, it cannot meet the demand

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