Audio equipment including rotary operation unit, operation detecting section, power supplying section, and monitoring section

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11863141
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17435207

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There is provided audio equipment that enables power supply and signal connection to a rotary operation unit in a non-contact manner. The audio equipment includes: the rotary operation unit rotatably supported in relation to an equipment body; an operation detecting section provided for the rotary operation unit and in which an electric load changes in response to a pressing operation; a power supplying section provided for the equipment body and configured to supply power to the operation detecting section in a non-contact manner; and a monitoring section configured to monitor the power supplied by the power supplying section to detect the user's operation from a change in the power.

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ALPHATHETA CORPORATION4-4-5 MINATOMIRAI NISHI-KU YOKOHAMA-SHI KANAGAWA 2200012 ?2200012

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Amemiya, Naomi Yokohama, JP 10 168
China, Tadashi Yokohama, JP 1 0
Kojima, Eiji Yokohama, JP 56 465
Minokami, Jun Yokohama, JP 3 4

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