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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2020
Applicant:
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Sagawai, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device according to an embodiment includes a first sensor electrode disposed on a substrate, a second sensor electrode which faces the first sensor electrode and which is capacitively coupled to the first sensor electrode, and a detection circuit which detects approach of an operation body to the second sensor electrode based on an electrostatic capacitance of the first sensor electrode.