COORDINATE DETECTING DEVICE AND COORDINATE DETECTING PROGRAM
First Claim
1. A coordinate detecting device comprising:
- a plurality of electrodes arranged in a predetermined direction;
a detecting unit configured to detect the capacitance of each of the plurality of electrodes; and
an arithmetic processing unit configured to calculate the coordinates of a detection target using different calculation methods according to the state of a variation in the capacitance of the plurality of electrodes,wherein the arithmetic processing unit calculates the coordinates of the detection target, using one of a centroid calculation method of calculating the coordinates of the centroid and a curve approximation method of calculating a peak of a curve according to a comparison value between a capacitance variation of a peak electrode and a capacitance variation of an electrode which is not adjacent to the peak electrode.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A coordinate detecting device includes a detecting unit configured to detect the capacitance of each of a plurality of electrodes arranged in a predetermined direction and an arithmetic processing unit configured to calculate the coordinates of a detection target using different calculation methods according to the state of a variation in the capacitance of the plurality of electrodes. The arithmetic processing unit calculates the coordinates of the detection target, using one of a centroid calculation method of calculating the coordinates of the centroid and a curve approximation method of calculating a peak of a curve according to a comparison value between a capacitance variation of a peak electrode and a capacitance variation of an electrode which is not adjacent to the peak electrode.
24 Citations
19 Claims
-
1. A coordinate detecting device comprising:
-
a plurality of electrodes arranged in a predetermined direction; a detecting unit configured to detect the capacitance of each of the plurality of electrodes; and an arithmetic processing unit configured to calculate the coordinates of a detection target using different calculation methods according to the state of a variation in the capacitance of the plurality of electrodes, wherein the arithmetic processing unit calculates the coordinates of the detection target, using one of a centroid calculation method of calculating the coordinates of the centroid and a curve approximation method of calculating a peak of a curve according to a comparison value between a capacitance variation of a peak electrode and a capacitance variation of an electrode which is not adjacent to the peak electrode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
-
-
18. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer program code stored thereon, executable by one or more digital processor for evaluating quality inspection, wherein the computer program code comprises:
-
a coordinate detecting program that allows a computer to perform an arithmetic process for determining the coordinates of a detection target on the basis of capacitance variations of a plurality of electrodes which are arranged in a predetermined direction, comprising; recognizing a peak electrode with the largest capacitance variation from a plurality of detected electrodes; comparing a capacitance variation of the peak electrode with a capacitance variation of an electrode which is not adjacent to the peak electrode; applying a centroid calculation method to electrodes in a first recognition region which includes at least successive electrodes with a capacitance variation equal to or greater than a first threshold value from the peak electrode, thereby calculating the coordinates of the detection target, when an absolute value of the difference between the capacitance variation of the peak electrode and the capacitance variation of the electrode which is not adjacent to the peak electrode is equal to or less than a predetermined value; and applying a curve approximation method to electrodes in a second recognition region which includes at least the peak electrode and an electrode adjacent to the peak electrode, thereby calculating the coordinates of the detection target, when the absolute value of the difference between the capacitance variation of the peak electrode and the capacitance variation of the electrode which is not adjacent to the peak electrode is greater than the predetermined value. - View Dependent Claims (19)
-
Specification