US 12,436,627 B2
Input device with vibration generator and information processing system
Mitsuhiro Yamazaki, Kanagawa (JP); and Keiichi Yoshitomi, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/428,054.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-047033 (JP), filed on Mar. 23, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0319803 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/03545 (2013.01) [G06F 3/038 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pen-shaped input device comprising:
an elongated rod-shaped housing having a tip end and extending in an axial direction that extends in a longitudinal direction;
a pen-tip section that protrudes from the tip end of the housing;
a vibration generator that includes:
a digital-to-analog converter (DAC);
an actuator that generates vibrations along the axial direction based on vibration control information from the DAC; and
a connection face that transmits the vibrations of the actuator to the pen-tip section via a connector that is mechanically connected to the connection face; and
a bracket with columnar shape that supports the vibration generator inside the housing, wherein the bracket includes:
a front face that includes a recessed portion that accommodates the vibration generator and a front face surface that contacts the connector;
a rear face that includes a rear face surface that is fixed to a solid housing portion that fills an internal space of the housing in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction; and
a side face that includes a side face surface that is fixed to an inner surface of the housing, wherein
the recessed portion of the bracket is fixed to a rear face of the vibration generator opposite to the connection face of the vibration generator, and contacts a side face of the vibration generator located between the connection face of the vibration generator and the rear face of the vibration generator.