Shoei Limited Co.

Yoshikane Tanaami

Yoshiyuki Kawamata

There is a conventional input device wherein a blind operation is easy because a touch panel type operation unit and a display unit are separately arranged at locations distant from each other, but such a conventional input device requires a camera for photographing a user's hand on the operation unit, and image processing for converting the photographed image of the hand and combining the image on the display unit, and thus, simplification of the processing method has been desired. Further, reducing the number of components used for such a device has been desired. Disclosed are an input device using a touch panel and an input method thereof, wherein the input device () which uses a touch panel is configured by an optical touch panel () provided with a touch-type touch panel (), a retroreflection film () covering a surface of the touch-type touch panel (), and a pair of detection units () located on the upper portions of the opposite ends of a side of the touch-type touch panel (), and wherein two types of detection which are recognition of the shape of the operating body and detection of coordinate positions can be performed by the optical touch panel.

Input device and method using an optical touch panel and a contact touch panel

Provided is a touch panel including an analog switch area and a fixed switch area. An input device of the present invention includes: a touch panel; a case including an opening capable of housing the touch panel; a transparent resin film bonded to the top surface of the case; and an adhesive applied to the back surface of the transparent resin film in the opening. It is possible to make the case and the touch panel flush with each other, and accordingly to offer a seamless supporting structure by covering the top surfaces of the case and the touch panel with the transparent resin film. In addition, since the touch panel includes the analog switch area and the fixed switch area, it is possible to offer the input device which includes all the operation switches in the touch panel.

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Isesaki, Japan

Yoshikane Tanaami