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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2024
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shunsuke Umemura, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An input device includes electrodes, a detection section configured to detect capacitance values of the electrodes, and a determination section configured to determine whether an operation input has been performed by an operation body to an operation area of operation areas based on the capacitance values. The electrodes correspond to the operation areas and are disposed adjacent to each other on the back sides of the operation areas. The determination section determines whether the operation input has been performed on the operation area corresponding to one electrode of the electrodes based on a difference value obtained by subtracting a value obtained by multiplying capacitance values of electrodes adjacent to one electrode by a coefficient k, k being 0<k<1, from the capacitance value of one electrode.