Rotary input device and electronic equipment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9158429
APP PUB NO 20100271342A1
SERIAL NO

12764658

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Disclosed is a rotary input device, including: a rotary operation device; a rotation detecting section; a rotation driving section; a display control section to scroll an image under display by rotation of the rotary operation device; a judging section to judge whether the detected rotation angle reaches a critical angle corresponding to an end part of a range of the displayed image or not; and a rotation controlling section to reversely rotate the rotary operation device to an initial position or a reference position when it is judged that the rotation angle reaches the critical angle and the rotary operation is released, wherein the display control section displays the image displayed on the display section at a display position corresponding to the initial position or the reference position when the rotary operation device is reversely rotated to the initial position or the reference position.

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FUKOKU CO LTDJAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kodaira, Takeshi Okaya, JP 12 259
Nagashima, Kenji Daito, JP 100 548
Suzuki, Takahiko Okaya, JP 68 1312
Takahashi, Kazuhiro Daito, JP 419 3644

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