Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input device and method for detecting contact position
- Patent Title (中): 用于检测接触位置的输入装置和方法
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Application No.: US10725594Application Date: 2003-12-03
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Publication No.: US07161583B2Publication Date: 2007-01-09
- Inventor: Hiroyasu Okada , Hiroto Inoue , Masaki Sawada , Tamotsu Yamamoto
- Applicant: Hiroyasu Okada , Hiroto Inoue , Masaki Sawada , Tamotsu Yamamoto
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2002-352393 20021204
- Main IPC: G09G5/08
- IPC: G09G5/08

Abstract:
An input device of the present invention includes a substantially ring-shaped resistor including two pair of electrodes projecting along a Y direction and an X direction orthogonal to the Y direction, a substantially ring-shaped conductor facing the resistor across a clearance, and a controller for successively applying a voltage between the pair of electrodes along the X direction and between the pair of electrodes along the Y direction when the resistor and the conductor contact each other due to pressing. The controller determines an angle which a pressed position makes with high precision, from one of a resultant vector of vectors that are directed in the respective X and Y directions and detected based on voltages output from the conductor when the voltage is applied in the X and Y directions, and a mean value of angles detected based on the conductor's output voltages.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040135769A1 Input device and method for detecting contact position Public/Granted day:2004-07-15
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