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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2011
Koji Nagata, Hachioji, JP;
Norio Mamba, Kawasaki, JP;
Tsutomu Furuhashi, Mobara, JP;
Japan Display Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd., Hyogo-ken, JP;
Abstract
An input apparatus includes: a transparent substrate with which an object is brought into contact; a rectangular single sheet electrode formed on the transparent substrate; first detection means which inputs a measurement signal to the rectangular single sheet electrode from one of two opposing perimeter portions along a first direction, and takes out the measurement signal from another one of the two opposing perimeter portions, to detect a contact point of the contacting object along the first direction; and second detection means which, after the contact point in the first direction is detected, inputs a measurement signal to the rectangular single sheet electrode from one of two opposing perimeter portions along a second direction, and takes out the measurement signal from another one of the two opposing perimeter portions, to detect the contact point along the second direction.