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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Fujitsu Component Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kenichi Fujita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A CPU of a touch panel device controls a plurality of switches so as to apply a voltage to an XL electrode and ground a YH electrode, measures a voltage difference between an XH electrode and a YL electrode as a first pressing force, controls the plurality of switches so as to apply a voltage to the XH electrode and ground the YL electrode, measures a voltage difference between the XL electrode and the YH electrode as a second pressing force, associates the first pressing force and the second pressing force with coordinates of two points, respectively, and outputs the associated data to a computer.