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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2024
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Haraikawa, Fukushima, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A position detection device includes: a touch panel disposed on a display screen of a display device; an interrupt signal outputter configured to output an interrupt signal in response to a detection of a contact of an indicator with respect to the touch panel; and a contact position specifier. The contact position specifier specifies, in a case of no displaying of a specific operation area on the display screen, a contact position of the indicator using the touch panel in response to an output of the interrupt signal, or specifies, in a case of displaying of the specific operation area on the display screen, a contact position of the indicator using the touch panel at a predetermined cycle.