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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
Denso Corporation, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Shigeaki Nishihashi, Kariya, JP;
Takeyuki Fujimoto, Kariya, JP;
DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya, Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
An input device includes: an operation surface, on which an operation body performs an input; a distance acquisition unit acquiring a distance between the operation surface and the operation body; an operation region setting unit setting a first operation region, in which the distance is less than a threshold value, and a second operation region, in which the distance is equal to or greater than the threshold value; a display screen switching unit detecting a moving operation of the operation body, and switching the display screen; a prohibition state setting unit setting a prohibition state that the display screen is not switched by the moving operation in the second operation region; a signal determination unit determining whether a signal from a switching operation unit is a prohibition state cancellation signal; and a prohibition state cancellation unit cancelling the prohibition state in case of the prohibition state cancellation signal.
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