Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Touch panel device, touch panel control method, and storage medium storing touch panel control program
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Application No.: US17680736Application Date: 2022-02-25
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Publication No.: US11868563B2Publication Date: 2024-01-09
- Inventor: Masaya Nidaira , Yuichi Sasaki , Takeshi Ono , Seiichiro Mori
- Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/044

Abstract:
A touch panel device includes a cover panel that has an operation surface and bends corresponding to a depressing force applied to the operation surface; a touch sensor unit including touch sensor electrodes that output touch sensor signals; an elastic member that has a dielectric constant changing corresponding to a temperature and deforms due to the bending of the cover panel, the elastic member including an adhesive agent provided between the cover panel and the touch sensor unit; a first sensor unit that detects a capacitance changing depending on the dielectric constant and a thickness of the elastic member; and processing circuitry to estimate the temperature based on the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; to detect the depressing force based on the estimated temperature and the capacitance detected by the first sensor unit; and to execute processing of the touch sensor signals based on the detected depressing force.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220179515A1 TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING TOUCH PANEL CONTROL PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2022-06-09
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