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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taiji Uchida, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Ushifusa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/0489 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/04897 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch panel device includes a capacitive touch panel; a manipulation detector that detects a manipulation performed on a manipulation detection area on the touch panel, on the basis of a change in the capacitance of the touch panel; and a manipulation valid area setting unit that sets, in the manipulation detection area, a manipulation valid area in which a manipulation detected by the manipulation detector is determined to be valid.