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Touch panel device and control method and device for eliminating noises in touch panel device

US7859522B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 2005
Grant dateDec 28, 2010
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0436
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A touch panel device includes an excitation transducer for exciting a surface acoustic wave upon application of a burst wave and a reception transducer for receiving the surface acoustic wave and converting the same into a reception signal that are arranged at a peripheral portion of a detection area so that a position of an object touching the detection area is detected in accordance with a change in the reception signal. A control method for eliminating noises in the touch panel device includes the steps of detecting a differential between a reception signal due to a burst wave and another reception signal due to another burst wave, deciding that there is a noise if the detected differential exceeds a preset threshold value, and performing a control operation so that the detection of an object based on the reception signal is not performed in accordance with the decision.

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