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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kouichiro Takashima, Tokyo, JP;
Anatol Ward, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch panel device that detects a touch input at a touch panel including a plurality of electrodes arrayed in X and Y directions, calculates a width corresponding an object approaching the touch panel based on an output distribution of capacitance values from the touch panel, and determines whether an input operation corresponding to the object is valid based on the calculated width of the object.