ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,051, issued on May 20, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Input display device" was invented by Takashi Amano (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An input display device includes a display configured to display an image, a capacitive touch panel attached on the display, a keyboard-shaped/protruding switch attached on the touch panel, a touch sensing unit configured to sense a position of an operation target when the operation target approaches the touch panel, and an operation determination unit configured to determine presence or absence of a touch operation on the keyboard-shaped/protruding switch based on ...