Alps Electric

About: Alps Electric is a company organization based out in Tokyo, Japan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Layer (electronics) & Signal. The organization has 3769 authors who have published 5533 publications receiving 54627 citations.

Composite operation switch

Abstract: The present invention provides a composite operation switch that provides for more functions without increasing the number of switches and expanding its size, and provides satisfactory operability for switch selection operation. The composite operation switch includes: a housing that has a hollow ring-shape area and is provided with fixed contacts on an inside bottom face of the ring-shape area; a first rotor that is rotatably mounted in the housing and provided with movable contacts, which, upon rotation, contact or separate from the fixed contacts; a second rotor that is mounted in the first rotor and rotates together with the first rotor; and a multi-direction operation switch placed inside the hollow ring-shape area of the housing, wherein the second rotor is mounted in the first rotor so as to be vertically movable, and in the vicinity of the housing, a detecting switch is provided that detects a vertical movement position of the second rotor and outputs a signal for switching the types of selection functions of the multi-direction operation switch.

Input device for game machine

Abstract: In the input device, which inputs signals to a game machine using a computer, one or more operating members are provided on each of plural outer surfaces of housing members (2,3), a filmy substrate having flexibility is bent in conformity with the insides of the plural surfaces of the housing member, contact portions adapted to perform ON-OFF operation in response to operations of the operating members (27) are formed respectively on the bent surfaces of the substrate, and when the operating members (27) are operated, signals corresponding respectively to operations of the operating members are inputted to the game machine.

Analog input device to input multi directional signals

Abstract: An input device for a game machine for inputting signals to a game machine using a computer, including: at least one control member projecting to the outside of a casing; a movement-transmitting member formed around the control member and operatively associated with the movement of an operating point of the control member, the movement-transmitting member being provided with a plurality of conductive elastic members; and a board provided in the casing and having formed thereon resistors corresponding to the conductive elastic members, the conductive elastic members changing the area of contact between the conductive elastic members and the resistors according to a direction of movement and a tilt angle of the operating point of the control member so as to vary the amount of resistance; wherein, by moving the operating point of the control member, analog signals corresponding to the movement are input to the game machine.