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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Shoji Kakinuma, Okazaki, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A touch operation detection apparatus includes a touch pad that has an operation surface touchable by an operator's body, and has a plurality of electrostatic sensors incorporated therein each of which detects electrostatic capacitance that is variable according to a touch on the operation surface; a number-of-touched-point determination part that determines whether there are a plurality of touched points at which touches are made on the operation surface of the touch pad based on signals from the electrostatic sensors; and a sensitivity adjustment execution part that executes a sensitivity adjustment concerning the touch on the operation surface of the touch pad when the number-of-touched-point determination part determines that there are the plurality of touched points.