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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device includes first electrodes, second electrodes, a switch, and a control device. The first electrodes are spaced from one another in the vertical direction on the substrate. The second electrodes are spaced from one another in the lateral direction on the substrate. The switch switches at least some of the first electrodes between an electrically connected state and an electrically disconnected state. A contact location detector of the control device detects a contact location of a user in accordance with on a change of capacitance of each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes. A proximity detector of the control device detects approach of the user in accordance with a change of capacitance of at least some of the first electrodes.