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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Makoto Chishima, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Chishima, Kanagawa, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Damaging a touch sensor is prevented by an input apparatus including a pressing load detection unitfor detecting a pressing load applied by a pressing object pressing a touch sensor, a contact area detection unitfor detecting a contact area of the object on the sensor, a memory unitfor storing a pressing load threshold for receiving an input and a damage threshold higher than the pressing load threshold and varies according to the contact area, a control unitfor obtaining the pressing load threshold and the damage threshold corresponding to the contact area from the memory unit, and receiving the input when the pressing load reaches the pressing load threshold, or generating a warning signal when the pressing load reaches the damage threshold, and a notification unitfor receiving the warning signal from the control unit and outputting a warning.