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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2019
Fanuc Corporation, Yamanashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Kataya, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Yasumichi Sakoda, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Kouji Hada, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
FANUC CORPORATION, Yamanashi, JP;
Abstract
A touch panel device having a touch panel includes: a signal strength obtaining unit for obtaining the strength of signal at each node on the touch panel; an invalid node setting unit, wherein, among nodes located in an uppermost portion of the touch panel, if the number of nodes where the time for which the strength of the signal is maintained at a level equal to or greater than a threshold is equal to or longer than a first given time is equal to or greater than a first given number, the invalid node setting unit sets those nodes as invalid nodes; and an operated position obtaining unit, wherein, among nodes where the strength of the signal is equal to or greater than the threshold, the operated position obtaining unit obtains the position of a node other than the invalid nodes, as the operated position.