The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Masatoshi Nakao, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01); G06F 3/043 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (2006.01); G06F 3/047 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device includes a display unit which displays data on a screen, a proximity detection unit which detects proximity of a finger to the screen and outputs a proximity detection signal, a manipulation judging unit which discriminates between a valid manipulation and a return manipulation of successive movement manipulations of the finger on the basis of proximity detection signals in accordance with the successive movement manipulations of the proximity detected finger, and a control unit which invalidates proximity detection signals corresponding to the discriminated return manipulation.