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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a touch panel device including an advance key that is assuredly touchable by an operator with no cost increase. A touch panel device () includes a plurality of keys () to () each including an indication part on which a corresponding one of functions is indicated, and a plurality of touch detection areas provided over the respective indication parts of the plurality of keys () to (). The touch panel device () recognizes an operation instruction in any of the touch detection areas that corresponds to a predetermined key when the indication part of the predetermined key is touched. The plurality of keys include at least an advance key (). The touch detection area (B) of the advance key () is larger than the indication part (A) of the advance key ().