JPH06209495A - Remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain ease of operation and to make the controller thin. CONSTITUTION:The controller is provided with a stationary part (a board 27 arranged with a support base 3, a contact body 2, a detection pattern 25 and a common pattern 24) provided with conductive fixed contact (conductor 30, detection pattern 25 and common pattern 24) on plural position being equal dividing points on a circumference, an operation member (provided with a circular contact point button 4 and a moving piece 5) formed with a conductor parts 21 faced across from each fixed contact point (contact body 2) at an interval of air gap and supported freely movably in an optional direction within a horizontal plane and a ring shaped elastic ring 6 letting the operation member locate in the middle at all times, the detection pattern 25 is segmented into plural sector areas, and the detection pattern 25 and the common pattern are electrically continued in response to the control direction of a circular contact point button 4 and a small sized switch 1 is turned on and off in response to the projection/falling of the moving piece 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control device (remote controller, remote controller) for remotely controlling various electronic devices and the like.
The so-called remote control).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a remote control device for remotely controlling various electronic devices via cables or infrared rays, for example, built-in encoders for X-axis direction and Y-axis direction which are mainly used in computers. There is a device using a so-called mouse or the like, a device incorporating a so-called jog shuttle, or the like.

[0003]

Here, in the remote control device using the mouse, the rolling direction of the ball provided on the bottom surface of the mouse (the direction represented by the X-axis and the Y-axis).
The cursor on the display of the computer is moved according to the rolling amount and the rolling amount. It should be noted that, for example, to determine a menu item such as selecting a menu item displayed on the display using the cursor, after moving the cursor to the menu item to be selected, a switch provided on the top surface of the mouse or the like. This is done by pressing the (decision switch).

However, in such a remote control device using a mouse, in order to roll the ball provided on the bottom surface of the mouse, a surface facing the bottom surface of the mouse is required. Further, for example, when the amount of movement of the cursor on the display is large, the amount of rolling of the ball of the mouse is large, and there is a drawback that the arm is tired by the operation for rolling the ball.

Further, in the remote control device using the jog shuttle, by combining encoders for the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, a knob is attached to the integrated shaft, and the knob is moved to, for example, a computer display. It is designed to move the cursor above.
Also in this case, in order to determine the menu item such that the menu item on the display is selected by the cursor, after moving the cursor to the menu item to be selected, for example, by turning on a separately provided switch or the like. Done.

However, in such a remote control device using the jog shuttle, the movement in the X axis direction is smooth in the X axis direction, and in the Y axis direction, the Y axis direction is smooth. The movement in the direction combined with the Y axis is not smooth and difficult to adjust. Further, for example, when deciding the menu item or the like, it is necessary to turn on a separately provided switch, and therefore, for example, the finger operating the jog shuttle must be moved to the other switch. There is a drawback to say.

In addition, in both of the above two types of remote control devices, the thickness of the device itself tends to be large, so that it is difficult to make the device smaller (thinner).

[0008] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a remote control device which can be operated easily and smoothly and which can be made thin.

[0009]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The remote control device of the present invention has been proposed in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, in which conductive fixed contacts are provided at a plurality of places where the circumference is equally divided. A fixed part, an operation member formed with a conductive surface facing each of the fixed contacts with a gap, and movably supported in an arbitrary direction within a horizontal plane; and an elastic member for always positioning the operation member at the center. I have.

Further, in the remote control device of the present invention, the operation member is supported so as to be capable of projecting and retracting, and a switch which is turned on / off in conjunction with the projecting and retracting operation is arranged at the center of the circumference.

Here, the fixing portion comprises a substrate having a conductive pattern that divides the circumference into equal parts, and an annular member in which conductors and insulators are alternately arranged at a constant pitch. Further, the conductive pattern that divides the circumference into equal parts is a pattern in which common electrodes and detection electrodes are alternately arranged. A plurality of each of the detection electrodes are connected as a set, and the operation direction of the operation member is detected for each set. Further, a resistance is interposed in each of the detection electrodes to detect the pressing force applied to the operating member.

That is, in the remote control device of the present invention, a circular contact button (a button composed of the fixed portion and the operation member) which can be moved 360 ° (entire circumference) with the center of the circumference as the intersection of the X axis and the Y axis. Is provided, and the cursor on the display of the computer can be moved in correspondence with the angular direction in which the circular contact button is moved. In addition, the circular contact button can turn on a small switch provided at the center of the circumference by pressing the movable piece downward at any position. Therefore, these operations can be performed with one finger and a minimum amount of movement. In addition, it is possible to change the speed of cursor movement.

The remote control device of the present invention can be used not only for moving a cursor of a computer, but also as an operation button of a traveling system (for example, a tape traveling system of a VTR) depending on an operation mode.

[0014]

According to the present invention, since the elastic member is arranged such that the operating member is always positioned at the center of the circumference and the conductive surface is opposed to the fixed contact with a gap therebetween, the elastic member does not have a normal shape. In the operating state, the fixed contact does not come into contact with the conductive surface of the operating member. Here, when the operating member is moved in an arbitrary direction (arbitrary angle direction in the horizontal plane), the detection electrode and the common electrode of the fixed contact corresponding to the direction and the conductive surface of the operating member are brought into contact with each other to enable conduction. Therefore, it is possible to detect the operation direction according to the set of detection electrodes that are in contact with each other and are conductive. Further, at this time, by interposing a resistance in each of the detection electrodes, the pressing force applied to the operating member can be detected as a value corresponding to the number of fixed contacts in contact with the conductive surface of the operating member.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The remote control device 70 of the embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 4, a fixed portion (holding table 3 and contact body 2, detection pattern 25 and common pattern 24) in which conductive fixed contacts are provided at a plurality of positions that divide the circumference into equal parts, and the above fixed contacts (contacts). An operating member (circular contact button 4 and movable piece 5) which is formed to have a conductive surface (conductive portion 21, annular contact body) facing the body 2) with a gap and is movably supported in any direction within a horizontal plane. It has a ring-shaped elastic body 6 as an elastic member that always positions the operation member at the center.

The circular contact button 4 itself may be made of an elastic material such as rubber so that the circular contact button 4 itself can always be positioned at the center together with the action of the elastic body 6. .

In FIG. 1, the operating member is supported so as to be capable of projecting and retracting (direction shown by arrow V in FIG. 2).
Specifically, the circular contact button 4 of the operating member
A movable piece 5 is provided at the center of the movable piece 5, and the outer peripheral surface of the movable piece 5 and the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 26 of the circular contact button 4 are slidable. The movable piece 5 is pushed up in the projecting direction (upward direction) by the coiled spring 22, but the projecting direction (upward direction) of the movable piece 5 is defined by the stopper portion 29 provided on the upper portion of the cylindrical portion 26. ) Movement is restricted. The movement of the movable piece 5 in the sinking direction (downward) is
For example, it is realized by pressing force with a finger or the like.

One end of the spring 22 is fitted into a ring-shaped groove for holding the spring provided in the movable piece 5. Further, the other end of the spring 22 is formed into a ring-shaped groove for holding the spring, which opposes the ring-shaped groove of the movable piece 5 provided on the ring-shaped member 28 attached to the lower portion of the cylindrical portion 26 of the circular contact button 4. It is fitted.

Further, the device 70 of this embodiment includes a small switch 1 which is turned on / off in association with the projecting and retracting operation of the movable piece 5.
Is arranged at a position on the substrate 27 corresponding to the center of the circumference, that is, the center of the circular contact switch 4. Therefore, when the movable piece 5 is pushed in the direction in which the movable piece 5 is depressed (pushed downward), the substrate 2 facing the movable piece 5 is pushed.
The button portion 23 of the small switch 1 mounted on the switch 7 is pushed, and the small switch 1 is turned on. By eliminating the force of pushing the movable piece 5 with a finger or the like, the movable piece 5 returns to the protruding direction (upward direction) and the small switch 1 is turned off. In the present embodiment, the small switch 1 is provided as a signal forming means for instructing the determination of the selected menu item, for example, as described later.

The surface (upper surface) of the operating member composed of the circular contact button 4 and the movable piece 5 that the finger touches.
Has a shape that draws a gentle curve with a depressed center so as to facilitate the operation in the horizontal direction and the protruding and retracting direction with the finger.

Further, the fixed portion has a conductive pattern (detection pattern 25 and common pattern 24) that divides the circumference into equal parts.
It is composed of the above-mentioned substrate 27 on which is formed and an annular member (contact body 2) in which conductors 30 and insulators 31 are alternately arranged at a constant pitch as shown in FIG. The contact body 2 is further fixed to the substrate 27 by an annular holding table 3.

Here, the conductive pattern for equally dividing the circumference is a pattern in which common electrodes (common patterns 24) and detection electrodes (detection patterns 25) are alternately arranged. That is, as for the conductive pattern, as shown in FIG. 1, each of the patterns equally divided in the circumferential direction has an outer circumference (detection pattern 25) and an inner circumference (common pattern 2).
4) and are further divided at a constant pitch so that they are alternately adjacent to each other on opposite sides.

Furthermore, in the contact body 2 of the fixed portion, the conductor 30 is common to the detection pattern 25 and the common pattern 2.
4 are arranged so as to be in contact with the alternately adjacent patterns, respectively, and the insulator 31 is formed so as not to be electrically connected to the alternately adjacent patterns of the detection pattern 25 and the common pattern 24. That is, the pitch of the conductors 30 sandwiching the insulator 31 (the constant pitch) corresponds to the pitch of the detection pattern 25 and the common pattern 24 that are alternately adjacent to each other. The contact body 2 may be formed integrally with the holding table 3. Also,
In this embodiment, the contact body 2 is formed by alternately stacking the conductors 30 and the insulators 31 at the above-mentioned constant pitch. It is also possible to provide a conductive pattern with.

Here, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, a portion of the lower portion of the cylindrical portion 26 of the circular contact button 4 facing the contact body 2 with a space therebetween has, for example, a semicircular cross section. Is provided in an annular shape, and the conductive portion 21 is formed on the projection. The conductive portion 21 is
It can be formed of a conductive material or a conductive pattern. The conductor 30 of the contact body 2 facing the conductor 21 serves as the fixed contacts.

Therefore, when the circular contact button 4 is moved in the horizontal direction (in the direction of arrow H in FIG. 2) with, for example, a finger, the conductive portion 21 is also moved in the horizontal direction,
It comes into contact with the conductor 30 (fixed contact) of the opposing contact body 2. At this time, for example, as shown in FIG.
When two or more adjacent conductors 30 (a and b of two adjacent conductors 30 in the example of FIG. 5) and the conductive portion 21 are in contact with each other, conduction between the adjacent conductors 30 (that is, The detection pattern 25 and the common pattern 24 can be electrically connected to each other.

Here, the respective detection patterns 25 are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of sets are connected as a set, and the operating direction of the operating member (the operating direction by a finger in a horizontal plane) is detected for each set. In the example of FIG. 6, as a set of the detection patterns 25, corresponding to the operation direction of the circular contact button 4 in the horizontal plane, up, down, left,
Eight pairs of angle areas are provided: right, upper left, upper right, lower left, and lower right.

That is, when the circular contact button 4 is operated in the horizontal direction, the conductive portion 21 corresponds to any one of the eight angle regions of the conductor 30 (that is, the detection pattern 25 and the common pattern). By being in contact with the pattern 24) to be able to conduct, the above-mentioned upper, lower, left, right, corresponding to the detection pattern 25 of the contacted angular region,
Any one of the 8 directions of top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right
It will be possible to detect one direction.

As the number of these angle regions increases (that is, the number of divisions of the circumference increases), the angle that can be designated can be made finer. As will be described later, for example, when the cursor is moved, it can be moved to the desired angle. become able to.

Further, in the device 70 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the same resistance (chip resistance 35) is interposed in each of the detection patterns 25 to add to the operation member (circular contact button 4). The applied pressing force (amount of force in the above-mentioned operation direction) is also detected. That is, by increasing the force in the operation direction in the horizontal plane, as shown in FIG. 7, each set (angle area) that comes into contact with the conductive portion 21 of the circular contact button 4 made of the elastic material.
Each fixed contact (conductor 3) corresponding to the detection pattern 25 of
The number of 0) will increase. At this time, if the same chip resistor 35 is interposed in each of the detection patterns 25, the resistance value decreases when the plurality of detection patterns 25 are electrically connected to the common pattern 24 (voltage. Value will be higher). By detecting this change in resistance value (change in voltage value), the pressing force can be detected. Note that FIG. 7 shows the circular contact button 4 before operation.
The outer periphery MF of the conductive portion 21 and the outer periphery MA of the conductive portion 21 of the circular contact button 4 after the operation (after the horizontal movement) are shown at the same time.

The detection of the operation direction and the detection of the pressing force are as follows.
It is realized by the processing circuit IC 14 provided on the substrate 27 and having a plurality of terminals to which detection signals (conduction signals) for each set of the detection patterns 25 are supplied. The processing in the processing circuit IC24 will be described later.

By the way, the device 70 of the present embodiment is, as shown in FIG. 8, a display device 7 such as a computer.
It can be used as a remote control device for moving the cursor 74 displayed on the first screen 73 and for selecting (deciding) a menu item, for example. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the device 70 includes a power button 11 for remotely controlling power on / off of a computer, a display device 71, etc., and a menu key for displaying menu items on the screen 73. It also has 10.

That is, in the device 70 of the embodiment in this case, the circular contact button 4 is operated with, for example, the thumb to move the cursor to select an arbitrary menu item, and the movable piece 5 is also depressed with the thumb. When the small switch 1 is operated to be turned on, the selected menu item is determined.

Further, the apparatus 70 of the present embodiment transmits a signal for remote operation by using, for example, infrared rays in order to perform remote operation such as cursor movement, menu selection, power on / off and menu item display. It also has an infrared light emitting unit (transmitting unit 15) for In addition, as shown in FIG. 6, the infrared light emitting section of the transmitting section 15 includes a PNP transistor Q for signal amplification in which a remote control signal from the processing circuit IC 14 is supplied to a base terminal via a resistor R, and one end. Is an infrared light emitting diode D connected to the collector terminal of the PNP type transistor Q and the other end of which is grounded via a resistor R. The infrared rays from the transmitting unit 15 are received by, for example, a light receiving unit (reception unit 72) provided in the display device 71 and having a photodetector or the like.

Next, FIG. 9 shows a schematic circuit configuration of the device 70 of the present embodiment. Unlike FIG. 6, this FIG. 9 is an NPN transistor Q as a signal amplification transistor.
Is used.

In FIG. 9, the circular contact button 4
The input from the switch means 40 including the small switch 1 is sent to the signal processing block 43 of the processing circuit IC14. The signal processing block 43 calculates the moving direction of the cursor according to each angular region of FIG. 6 designated by the operation of the circular contact button 4, and at the same time, the conductive portion 21 and the conductive body 30 come into contact with each other. The time (that is, the amount of movement of the cursor) that is in conduction for a while is calculated based on the pulse from the pulse oscillator 42 and the count value from the pulse counter 41 that counts the number of pulses.

When the circular contact button 4 is operated, for example, when both of the adjacent angular regions are conducted, a pulse is applied from the respective terminals of both angular regions to the signal processing of the processing circuit IC14. Input to block 43. In this case, the signal processing block 43 calculates the middle angle of both angle regions to obtain the movement direction, and
The amount of movement is also obtained and a remote control signal is formed.

The remote control signal from the signal processing block 43 is modulated into a signal for infrared transmission by the modulation oscillator 51 and sent to one input terminal of the AND circuit 50. A gate signal for transmitting the remote control signal from the signal processing block 43 is also supplied to the other input terminal of the AND circuit 50. The AND circuit 5
The output of 0 is supplied to the base terminal of the NPN transistor Q via the resistor R. As a result, the infrared light emitting diode D connected to the collector terminal of the NPN transistor Q emits light according to the modulated remote control signal.

In the present embodiment, the example of transmitting the remote control signal via infrared rays is described, but wired transmission by a cable or the like is also possible. In this case, the remote control signal is transmitted to the receiving side by a cable.

FIG. 10 shows a flow chart of transmission of a remote control signal in the device 70 of this embodiment.

In FIG. 10, in step S1,
The menu key 10 is pressed to activate a receiving-side microcomputer (described later). Step S
At 2, it is determined whether or not the small switch 1 is turned on. Here, since it has not been turned on yet, it is determined as No and the process proceeds to step S3.

In step S3, the circular contact button 4 is turned on (operated). In the next step S4, the number of the conductors 30 in contact with the conductive portion 21 is 1
It is judged whether or not there is more. Here, the number of contacts is 1
When there is more (Yes), the moving direction (angle) of the cursor is calculated according to the conductive angular region in step S5, and the conductive portion 21 and the conductive portion 21 and the conductive portion 21 are calculated based on the resistance value (voltage value). The number of contacts with the conductor 30 is calculated to obtain the moving speed of the cursor. In addition, when both of the adjacent angle regions are in conduction, the middle angle (moving direction) of both angles is calculated and the moving speed is obtained as described above.

If it is determined in step S4 that the number of contacts is 1 (No), and in step S4, 1
After it is determined that the number is larger, the calculation is performed in step S5, and then the process proceeds to step S6.

At step S6, the cursor X, Y
Calculate the coordinates. In the next step S7, pulses corresponding to the coordinates are generated while the circular contact button 4 is on, and in step S8, the pulses are counted.
Specifically, while the circular contact button 4 is on, the pulse from the pulse oscillator 42 is counted by the pulse counter 41. In step S9, a signal assigned according to the number of pulses is generated (that is, the amount of movement is calculated), and this is used as a remote operation signal to be transmitted regarding cursor movement.

If the small switch 1 is turned on in step S2 and it is determined to be Yes, step S1
In step 0, a remote control signal corresponding to the signal transmission of the menu item determination corresponding to the turning on of the small switch 1 is formed.

In step S11 following steps S10 and S9, signal transmission by infrared rays or a wire is performed.

On the other hand, the schematic circuit configuration on the receiving side (display device side) for receiving the remote control signal by the infrared rays can be made as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 11, the remote control signal by infrared light from the transmitting side (remote control device side) is received by the receiving section 61 of the receiving side (display device side) (in the case of wired transmission, a cable is used). Via the remote control signal). The received signal from the receiver 61 is sent to the CPU 62.

In the CPU 62, the modulation oscillator 5 is used.
1 to be described later as well as performing demodulation corresponding to the modulation in No. 1.
As shown in the flowchart of 2, the processing corresponding to the operation of the circular contact button 4 or the operation of the small switch 1 is performed based on the received and demodulated remote operation signal. That is, the CPU 62 holds the program data for obtaining the coordinate data of the cursor, the menu selection data, etc. based on the count value from the counter 63 that counts corresponding to the pulse counter 41.
Controls reading of M64. The data from the CPU 62 is sent to the display processor 65.

The display processor 65 holds, for example, data for displaying a cursor or data for displaying a menu based on the data from the CPU 62.
Controls reading of M66. Further, the display processor 65 is also connected to a RAM 67 for holding data during calculation.

FIG. 12 shows a flow chart of reception of a remote control signal on the display device 71 side of this embodiment.

In FIG. 12, in step S21, the reception standby state is entered. In the next step S22, it is determined whether or not a remote operation signal indicating that the menu key 10 has been turned on is received. If not received (No), the determination in step S22 is repeated. This step S2
When it is determined that the data has been received in step 2 (Yes), the process proceeds to step S23.

In step S23, a menu screen and a cursor display are displayed on the screen 73. Next step S
At 24, it is judged whether or not the remote operation signal corresponding to the case where the circular contact button 4 is turned on is received,
If it is determined that it has not been received (No), the determination in step S24 is repeated, and if it is determined that it has been received (Yes), the process proceeds to step S25.

In the step S25, the cursor moving direction corresponding to the input position of the circular contact button 4, that is, the operation direction (conducting angular region) as described with reference to FIG. The cursor 74 is moved at a corresponding cursor movement amount, and further at a cursor movement speed corresponding to the resistance value (voltage value).

In the next step S26, it is determined whether or not the small switch 1 is turned on, that is, whether or not the menu item is determined. Step S26
If No is determined in step S26, the determination in step S26 is repeated. If Yes is determined, step S2 is performed.
Proceed to 7.

In step S27, the mode of the menu item corresponding to the determined menu item is fetched. If the determined menu item is, for example, a label color change menu, processing such as changing the label color is performed.

13 is a front view of the remote control device 70 of this embodiment, FIG. 14 is a sectional view, and FIG. 15 is a left side view. 16 is a perspective view. In each of these drawings, the remote control device 70 includes an upper casing (case) 12 and a lower casing (case) 13, and the remote control device 70 is manually held in the lower casing 13. In this case, the projections 17, 16, 1 are provided on the bottom so that the remote control device 70 can be easily held, and that the remote operation device 70 is horizontal when placed.
8 are provided.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the circular contact button 4 can be smoothly moved in any direction with one finger (for example, one thumb), and 360 ° all directions can be designated. It will be possible. Therefore, for example, the screen 73
The upper cursor 74 can be moved in accordance with the operation of the circular contact button 4 as it is, and for example, the menu item can be determined by operating the movable piece 5 in the retracted direction without changing the position of the finger. , You can do that position. As described above, according to the apparatus 70 of the present embodiment, it becomes possible to perform a multi-function operation with one button (switch means). Further, the device 70 of this embodiment uses a remote control device using a ball and a mouse having an X-axis and Y-axis encoder as in the conventional example, and a jog shuttle having a knob and an X-axis and Y-axis encoder. The thickness of the device itself is not required as much as the remote control device,
The device can be made thinner.

[0059]

According to the remote control device of the present invention, since the operating member is always positioned at the center of the circumference by the elastic member, the operating member can be smoothly moved in any direction by one finger. In addition, conductive fixed contacts are provided at a plurality of points that divide the circumference into equal parts, and a conductive surface is formed on the operating member so as to face each fixed contact with a gap, and the operating member is placed on a horizontal plane. It is possible to specify 360 ° in all directions by moving the fixed contact and the conductive surface in any direction. Therefore, in the remote control device of the present invention, remote control can be performed easily and smoothly, and the device can be made thinner.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view illustrating a structure of a remote control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing a partially broken view of the device of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a contact state between a detection pattern and a common pattern and a conductor of a contact body.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining a conductive portion of a circular contact button.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing contact between a conductive portion of a circular contact button and a conductor of a contact body.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an angle region and an operation direction.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a plurality of contact states between a conductor of a circular contact button and a conductor of a contact body.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a specific usage example of the apparatus of this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block circuit diagram for explaining a schematic circuit configuration on the transmission side.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of processing on the transmitting side.

FIG. 11 is a block circuit diagram for explaining a schematic circuit configuration on the receiving side.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of processing on the receiving side.

FIG. 13 is a front view of the device of this embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view of the device of this embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a left side view of the device of this embodiment.

16 is a perspective view of the device of this embodiment. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Small switch 2 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Contact body 3 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Holder 4 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Circular contact button 5 ・ ・ ・ ・･ ･ ･ Movable piece ･ ･ ･ ･ Elastic member 10 ･ ･ ･ Menu key 11 ･ ･ ･ Power button 12 ･ ･ ･ Upper case 13 ･・ ・ ・ ・ Lower case 14 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Processing circuit IC 15 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Transmission unit 21 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Conductive unit 22 ・ ・ ・ ・ Spring 23 --- Button part 24 --- Common pattern 25 --- Detection pattern 26 --- Cylindrical part 27 --- Substrate 28 ........ Ring-shaped member 70 ........ Remote operation device

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A fixed part, in which conductive fixed contacts are provided at a plurality of points that divide the circumference into equal parts, and a conductive surface that faces the fixed contacts with a gap therebetween, are formed in an arbitrary direction within a horizontal plane. A remote operation device comprising: an operation member movably supported by the elastic member, and an elastic member that always positions the operation member at the center of the circumference. 2. The remote according to claim 1, wherein the operating member is supported so as to be capable of projecting and retracting, and a switch that is turned on / off in conjunction with the projecting and retracting operation is arranged at a central portion of the circumference. Operating device. 3. The fixing portion comprises a substrate having a conductive pattern that divides the circumference into equal parts, and an annular member in which conductors and insulators are alternately arranged at a constant pitch. Remote control device. 4. The conductive pattern for equally dividing the circumference is
The remote control device according to claim 3, wherein the remote control device has a pattern in which common electrodes and detection electrodes are alternately arranged. 5. The remote control device according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of each of the detection electrodes are connected as a set, and the operation direction of the operation member is detected for each set. 6. A resistance is interposed between each of the detection electrodes,
The remote control device according to claim 5, wherein the pressing force applied to the operation member is detected.