| 摘要 |
A multi-direction input device where any direction in which a direction key is depressed before click sensation is generated is detected and where the direction key can be depressed in any direction with a predetermined force that is small (less than a force necessary to generate the click sensation by pressing down the direction key in a desired direction) relative to the click sensation. The multi-direction input device is formed in a structure where, when the direction key is depressed in a desired direction, a pressing section deforms a click sensation generation section to generate click sensation. The device also has a movable element and a stationary element. The distance between the elements varies when the direction key is depressed in a desired direction at least before the click sensation is generated, and the variation in the distance is used to detect, at least before the click sensation is generated, the desired direction in which the key is depressed.
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