US 11,941,220 B2
Input device
Atsushi Matsuda, Miyagi-ken (JP)
Assigned to Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,687.
Application 17/858,687 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/046817, filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-006898 (JP), filed on Jan. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0334682 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/0448 (2019.05) [G06F 3/0443 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An input device comprising:
an operation surface configured to receive an operation by an operating body in proximity thereto; and
a plurality of first detection electrodes arranged along the operation surface and extending in parallel in a first direction, each of the plurality of first detection electrodes including:
a plurality of first detection surfaces arranged side by side in the first direction; and
a first current path portion linearly extending in the first direction, thereby electrically connecting the plurality of first detection surfaces to each other,
wherein each of the plurality of first detection surfaces includes:
at least one second current path portion; and
a pair of first connection portions, via which the at least one second current path portion and the first current path portion are connected in parallel to each other.