US Patent Issued to TOPRE on March 17 for "Key switch device and key switch control method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,567, issued on March 17, was assigned to TOPRE Corp. (Tokyo).

"Key switch device and key switch control method" was invented by Seiji Hiraki (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A key switch device includes: a key that is configured to output a signal corresponding to a pressing amount; a pressing amount detector that is configured to detect the pressing amount of the key; an A/D converter that is configured to convert the pressing amount of the key into digital data; and a RAM that is configured to store multiple operating points for switching between ON and OFF states of the key according to the digital data. In addit...