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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taizo Nishimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroto Kawaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Mizuno, Kanagawa, JP;
Shogo Shinkai, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumihiko Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Ebisui, Kanagawa, JP;
Kei Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoko Katsuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/046 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/046 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04105 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04112 (2013.01);
Abstract
A sensor panel includes a sensor section that detects magnetic force of a contacting surface or a region in the vicinity of the contacting surface on a basis of a change in capacitance and is allowed to output a signal depending on the change in capacitance along with information on a position where the change in capacitance has occurred.