US 12,440,754 B2
Input device
Kazuyuki Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP); and Masaho Morita, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/922,502.
Application 18/922,502 is a continuation of application No. 18/757,811, filed on Jun. 28, 2024.
Application 18/757,811 is a continuation of application No. 17/913,315, granted, now 12,059,610, issued on Aug. 13, 2024, previously published as PCT/JP2021/010422, filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-065103 (JP), filed on Mar. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2025/0041713 A1, Feb. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/214 (2014.01); A63F 13/28 (2014.01); H01H 9/16 (2006.01); H01H 9/18 (2006.01); H01H 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/214 (2014.09); A63F 13/28 (2014.09); H01H 9/16 (2013.01); H01H 9/182 (2013.01); H01H 13/023 (2013.01); H01H 2013/026 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An input device comprising:
an exterior member that has an exterior surface of the input device;
an input member that has an upper surface to be touched by a user, the upper surface exposed from the exterior surface of the exterior member;
a circuit board disposed inside the exterior member;
a plurality of light sources mounted on the circuit board and arranged in a left-right direction; and
a light diffusing member that has a light emitting surface, the light emitting surface is disposed along an edge of the input member and extends in the left-right direction, wherein the light diffusing member receives light from the plurality of light sources and causes the light emitting surface to emit light,
wherein the plurality of light sources are disposed along a rear edge of the circuit board, and
wherein the light emitting surface is disposed behind the circuit board and extends along the rear edge of the circuit board.