IP Library Granted Patent US 9,639,208
Granted Patent B2
US 9,639,208 · App. 14/779,804 · Granted May 2, 2017

Touch panel system

Inventors: Manabu Yumoto (Osaka, JP); Shunsuke Nagasawa (Osaka, JP); Masayuki Yamaguchi (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G06F3/0418G06F3/017G06F3/044G06F2203/04104G06F2203/04808
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,639,208
App. No.
14/779,804
Granted
May 2, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch panel system ( 1 ) includes a touch panel ( 3 ) and a touch position detecting section ( 5 ) for detecting a touch position on the touch panel ( 3 ). The touch position detecting section ( 5 ) includes a touch start determining section ( 56 ) for (i) setting a determining region based on a touch start position candidate which is a touch position that has been detected relatively earliest and (ii) determining that touches have been started from the touch start position candidate in a case where the touches whose starting point is at the touch start position candidate have been successively detected within the determining region a predetermined number of times or more.

Claims (18)

1. A touch panel system comprising:

a touch panel; and

a touch position detecting section for detecting a touch position on the touch panel,

the touch position detecting section including:

a touch start determining section for (i) setting a determining region based on a touch start position candidate which is a touch position that has been detected relatively earliest and (ii) determining that touches have been started from the touch start position candidate in a case where the touches whose starting point is at the touch start position candidate have been successively detected within the determining region a predetermined number of times or more,

the touch start determining section setting the determining region so that an area of the determining region is proportional to at least two successive touches after the touch at the touch start position candidate.

2. The touch panel system as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:

in a case where touches whose starting point is at the touch start position candidate have not been successively detected within the determining region the predetermined number of times or more, the touch start determining section does not output, as a touch, the touches whose starting point is at the touch start position candidate.

3. The touch panel system as set forth in any one of claim 1 , wherein:

the touch start determining section sets the determining region based on at least one of a scanning cycle of the touch panel, an area of the touch panel, and the predetermined number of times.

4. The touch panel system as set forth claims 1 , wherein:

the touch start determining section sets the determining region so that the determining region has a circular shape whose center is at the touch start position candidate.

5. The touch panel system as set forth in claim 2 , wherein:

the touch start determining section sets the determining region based on at least one of a scanning cycle of the touch panel, an area of the touch panel, and the predetermined number of times.

6. The touch panel system as set forth in claim 2 , wherein:

the touch start determining section sets the determining region so that the determining region has a circular shape whose center is at the touch start position candidate.

7. The touch panel system as set forth in claim 3 , wherein:

the touch start determining section sets the determining region so that the determining region has a circular shape whose center is at the touch start position candidate.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2024
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: WACOM CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068453/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2015
From: YUMOTO, MANABU; NAGASAWA, SHUNSUKE; YAMAGUCHI, MASAYUKI
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036654/0442 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-074408 · Mar 29, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160048265A1 · Feb 18, 2016