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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2023
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 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04186 (2019.05); G06F 3/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input display device includes a display configured to display an image, a capacitive touch panel attached on the display, a keyboard-shaped/protruding switch attached on the touch panel, a touch sensing unit configured to sense a position of an operation target when the operation target approaches the touch panel, and an operation determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of a touch operation on the keyboard-shaped/protruding switch based on a variation in positions of the operation target sensed by the touch sensing unit.