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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazukuni Takanohashi, Tokyo, JP;
Haruo Togashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch panel includes: a touch detection device; a map generation section configured to generate a first data map including a fixed pattern and a data pattern, based on a signal output from the touch detection device according to an information recording medium placed in proximity to the touch detection device; and a data acquisition section configured to identify the fixed pattern, and acquire a data code from the data pattern, based on a result of identifying the fixed pattern.