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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2020
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation input device includes a knob disposed in a display region of a touch display, and a conductor column provided in the knob that can be detected as a touch point irrespective of whether or not the knob is in a state of being touched with a user's finger. The operation input device detects a plurality of touch points including the touch point corresponding to the conductor column and outputs touch information related to the plurality of detected touch points, determines the touch point corresponding to the conductor column among the detected plurality of touch points, calculates a touch strength value at the touch point corresponding to the conductor column, and determines whether or not the knob is in a state of being touched with the user's finger based on the touch strength value.