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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2008
Koichi Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Tsubouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Abe, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Tsubouchi, Tokyo, JP;
INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A touch panel device is provided which, even in cases in which a plurality of GUI parts are arranged in a limited space, enables operation of a GUI part in which, unlike a physical button, it is hard to distinguish the boundary by touch, without operational error, using a finger with a very large contact area in comparison to a touch pen. A touch panel device includes a rectangular screen having a detection region which detects contact, and a control section for generating a control signal in response to the contact detected by the detection region. The detection region has a shape that is inclined with respect to a side edge of the rectangular screen. In cases in which a body-part used for the contact is a finger of a user; when the user uses the right hand, the detection region has a shape that is inclined to the left side with respect to the side edge of the rectangular screen; and when the user uses the left hand, the detection region has a shape that is inclined to the right side with respect to the side edge of the rectangular screen.