US 12,155,799 B2
Input device having a near-field detection substrate positioned relative to a touch panel
Yoshiyuki Nakayama, Toride (JP); and Ryoichi Kawasumi, Toride (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/492,953.
Application 18/492,953 is a division of application No. 18/104,857, filed on Feb. 2, 2023, granted, now 11,849,088.
Application 18/104,857 is a division of application No. 17/850,136, filed on Jun. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,601,560, issued on Mar. 7, 2023.
Application 17/850,136 is a division of application No. 17/365,006, filed on Jul. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,405,516, issued on Aug. 2, 2022.
Application 17/365,006 is a division of application No. 16/883,043, filed on May 26, 2020, granted, now 11,082,571, issued on Aug. 3, 2021.
Application 16/883,043 is a division of application No. 16/509,977, filed on Jul. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,701,224, issued on Jun. 30, 2020.
Application 16/509,977 is a division of application No. 16/152,872, filed on Oct. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,530,944, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Application 16/152,872 is a division of application No. 15/491,097, filed on Apr. 19, 2017, granted, now 10,148,833, issued on Dec. 4, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-087223 (JP), filed on Apr. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0056535 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 1/00496 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00307 (2013.01); H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); H04N 2201/006 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. An input device comprising:
a touch panel configured to accept instructions from the user via touch operation;
a detection surface configured to face a mobile device that is brought close to the input device and serves as an object to which near-field communication is to be performed, wherein the detection surface is arranged adjacent to the touch panel such that the mobile device facing the detection surface overlaps the touch panel;
a near-field communication detection substrate that is equipped with a detection unit that detects a mobile device approaching the detection surface and communicates with the mobile device detected by the detection unit via near-field communication; and
wherein the near-field communication detection substrate is positioned (i) outside a plane parallel that is to a surface of the touch panel and (ii) in front of a center line that passes through a center of the touch panel and extends in a left-right direction orthogonal to a front-back direction of the input device and a vertical direction of the input device, and the near-field communication detection substrate is positioned to the right of a right edge of the touch panel.