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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Tomoki Takano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Yamaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a display unit that displays information, a capacitive touch panel layer that transmits display of the display unit, and detects coordinates indicated by an indicator separated from a surface in a predetermined distance, a glass that protects the touch panel layer, and transmits the display of the display unit, a pressure sensor that detects distortion of the glass, and a control unit that validates and invalidates the coordinates detected by the touch panel layer. The control unit validates the coordinates detected by the touch panel layer in a case where the indicator is an active pen, and validates the coordinates most recently detected by the touch panel layer, when a predetermined amount of distortion is detected by the pressure sensor, in a case where the indicator is other than an active pen.