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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Electronic apparatus which determines effectiveness of a touch coordinate based on an amount of bend
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoki Takano, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G09G 5/003 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01);
Abstract
A strain quantity threshold value is set in accordance with a distance from a pressure detection unit for each divided predetermined subdivision which is obtained by dividing an operation surface of a touch panel unit into a plurality of subdivisions. The minimum value of the strain quantity threshold value is set to be a value larger than a strain quantity when water or the like is attached to the operation surface of the touch panel unit.