IP Library Granted Patent US 9,256,319
Granted Patent B2
US 9,256,319 · App. 13/926,034 · Granted Feb 9, 2016

Input device

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Patent No.
US 9,256,319
App. No.
13/926,034
Granted
Feb 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an input device including a coordinate input unit having plural capacitance detection units, a capacitance measurement unit that measures capacitance for each of the plural capacitance detection units, and performs an AD conversion on the measured capacitance to output the converted capacitance as a measurement signal, and a control unit that controls the capacitance measurement unit, calculates a data signal by arithmetically operating the measurement signal, stores the data signal in association with coordinate information of the capacitance detection unit, and outputs a control signal. The control unit calculates a difference value between a predetermined reference value and the data signal at a constant time interval, performs a weighted average process on the data signal and the predetermined reference value to update and store a value on which the process is performed as a new reference value, and changes a weight given to the weighted average process.

Claims (7)

1. An input device comprising:

a coordinate input unit, having a plurality of capacitance detection units, which causes an operation body to perform a proximity operation;

a capacitance measurement unit that measures capacitance for each of the plurality of capacitance detection units, and performs an AD conversion on the measured capacitance to output the converted capacitance as a measurement signal; and

a control unit that controls the capacitance measurement unit, calculates a data signal by arithmetically operating the measurement signal, stores the data signal in association with coordinate information of the capacitance detection unit, and outputs a control signal on the basis of a result of the arithmetic operation,

wherein the control unit calculates a difference value between a predetermined reference value and the data signal at a constant time interval, performs a weighted average process on the data signal and the predetermined reference value to update and store a value on which the weighted average process is performed as a new reference value, and changes a weight given to the weighted average process in accordance with the difference value, and

wherein the weight is divided into at least three magnitudes, and the weight is determined on the basis of a result obtained by comparing the difference value with a touch threshold.

2. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the weight is set to be large when the difference value is larger than the touch threshold, the difference value is compared with an abnormal correction detection threshold when the difference value is smaller than the touch threshold, and the weight is set to be small when the difference value is smaller than the abnormal correction detection threshold.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 4, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048234/0100 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2013
From: NAKAJIMA, SATOSHI; HAYASAKA, SATOSHI; ENDO, SHINICHI
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030678/0948 →