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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2018
Kddi Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoaki Ueda, Tokyo, JP;
KDDI CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A touch panel device according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided with: a panel having a contact surface for receiving a contact; a light emitting portion that inputs, to the panel, input light that is transmitted through the panel; a light receiving portion that detects output light including reflected light of evanescent light that has been generated, on the contact surface, from the input light; and a control portion that calculates and outputs a contact position on the basis of the output light detected by the light receiving portion and a relationship, stored in advance, between positions on the contact surface and the output light.