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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2006
Tetsuo Muranaka, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Akihiro Shinohe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Shuzo Ono, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Tetsuo Muranaka, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Akihiro Shinohe, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Shuzo Ono, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device is provided. The input device includes an operation unit. A coordinate input unit capable of detecting that an operating body is in contact with the operation unit and detecting a position coordinate on the operation unit of a position where the operating body contacted the operation unit. A data processing unit outputs an operation processing signal on the basis of a detection signal received from the coordinate input unit. The data processing unit outputs an operation confirmation processing signal for the input operation after an input operation is performed while the operating body is contacting the operation unit, when tapping is performed on the operation unit, with the operating body kept in contact with the operation unit.