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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
Kazuto Yamauchi, Okazaki, JP;
Yasunori Murayama, Ichinomiya, JP;
Sadahiko Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Keitaro Takizawa, Okazaki, JP;
Kouichi Yamanoue, Yokohama, JP;
Arihiro Isomura, Kariya, JP;
Kenji Kishiue, Okazaki, JP;
Kazuto Yamauchi, Okazaki, JP;
Yasunori Murayama, Ichinomiya, JP;
Sadahiko Tanaka, Okazaki, JP;
Keitaro Takizawa, Okazaki, JP;
Kouichi Yamanoue, Yokohama, JP;
Arihiro Isomura, Kariya, JP;
Kenji Kishiue, Okazaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A touch sensor device comprises: a touch sensorfor sending out an output voltage signal Srepresenting the presence or absence of an operation; an operation presence/absence determination unitwhich, when the output voltage signal has a value equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, determines that the operation has occurred; a stability determination unitfor detecting whether a differential signal Srepresenting a differential value obtained by differentiating the output voltage signal is limited within a predetermined range or not; and a count-up timerwhich, when a period during which the differential signal is limited within the predetermined range becomes a predetermined time period or longer on the premise that the output voltage signal has the value equal to or more than the predetermined threshold value, sends out an ON determination signal Sand allows an external deviceto operate.