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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
May. 03, 2012
Taichi Yamada, Fukuoka, JP;
Masami Hirakawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Tatsuhito Ueno, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasunobu Hayashida, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Tasaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Taichi Yamada, Fukuoka, JP;
Masami Hirakawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Tatsuhito Ueno, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasunobu Hayashida, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuhiro Tasaka, Fukuoka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A touch screen device includes a panel body having electrodes arranged in a grid pattern; a sensitivity calculator configured to calculate a sensitivity for each electrode intersection based on an amount of change in a signal output from the electrodes in response to a touch operation; a touch position detector configured to detect the touch position based on the sensitivity obtained by the sensitivity calculator; and a pointing device determiner configured to correct the sensitivity obtained by the sensitivity calculator, based on the touch position obtained by the touch position detector, and to determine whether a pointing device performing the touch operation is a pen or a finger, based on the corrected sensitivity.