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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2017
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kimika Ikegami, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Furumoto, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A knob () includes a hold portion () made of a conductor and to be operated by a user, and a conductive portion () that can be electrically connected to the hold portion () and is mounted on the hold portion (), and that is in contact with a touch panel () to cause a change of capacitance of the touch panel (). A control device () includes a signal value detecting unit () for detecting the capacitance of the touch panel () as a signal value, and a confirmation determining unit () for determining whether or not a confirmation operation on the touch panel () by using the knob () has been inputted on the basis of a change of the signal value resulting from contact of the conductive portion ().