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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Yasuhiro Sugita, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Kimura, Osaka, JP;
Shinji Yamagishi, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Ogawa, Osaka, JP;
Kohji Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
A display device () includes a display panel (), a touch panel () for detecting contact of a target object with a display region (P) of the display panel () or approach thereof to the display region (P), and a casing () containing the display panel () and the touch panel (), a minimum distance (d) between the touch panel () and an outside surface (A) being not larger than a detectable distance, within which the touch panel () is capable of detecting the contact of the target object with the outside surface (A) or the approach thereof to the outside surface (A).