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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2024
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Amano, Fukushima, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control unit of an operation detection device 1) determines, based on a detection result of a sensor panel, whether the number of peripheral proximity points (which are points at which a detected object is in contact with or in proximity to a detection surface in a peripheral region of a periphery of a knob member) is two or more, 2) determines that an operation by a user is valid when the number of peripheral proximity points is two or more and the peripheral proximity points transition to a specific mode, and 3) conversely determines that the operation by the user is not valid regardless of the transition of the peripheral proximity points when the number of peripheral proximity points is not two or more.