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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Applicant:
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Amano, Fukushima, JP;
Assignee:
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/039 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0393 (2019.05); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control unit of an operation detection device detects an operation on a ring-shaped guide member is started on the basis of a detection result of a sensor panel, excludes a resting region corresponding to a region where the finger rested on an upright portion can be positioned from a region where a touch is enabled before the start of the operation on the ring-shaped guide member is detected, and includes the resting region in the region where the touch is enabled after the start of the operation on the ring-shaped guide member is detected.