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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhito Oshita, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract
When positions of three or more fingers are specified in a sensor unit, it is determined in a determination unit whether a non-fingertip is included in a group consisting of three or more fingers based on a relative position relationship among the three or more fingers. Also, when it is determined that the non-fingertip is included in the group consisting of the three or more fingers, an operation of one true fingertip included in the group consisting of the three or more fingers is identified by an operation identification unit.