JP6143374B2 - Input devices and programs - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an input device for a touch panel that detects an input using a change in capacitance, and an application program used for the input device.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable electronic devices that also serve as touch panels used for operation input by displays that display images, such as tablet terminals and smartphones, are often used. Such an electronic device includes a touch screen that can simultaneously sense a plurality of points on the designated screen described in Patent Document 1 (hereinafter, the touch screen and a similar device are referred to as a “touch panel”). It is used. Such a touch panel is provided by arranging a plurality of capacitance sensing devices for detecting a change in capacitance in a layer close to an image display surface such as a liquid crystal panel at a fine interval. The touch panel provided in this way is configured to be able to simultaneously detect the position coordinates of a plurality of objects close to the screen and the position coordinates of a plurality of objects moving on the screen.

As described in Patent Document 1, Patent Document 2, and the like, the touch panel touches one point on the panel on which an image is displayed with the fingertip, slides the fingertip, or touches the touch panel with two fingertips. The processor in the electronic device obtains not only the static coordinates of the instructed coordinates, but also changes in the instructed coordinates and changes in the positional relationship of the instructed coordinates by continuously detecting the interval of The calculation process is performed by Information relating to the contact position of the fingertip, etc., has noise removed by the filtering process shown in FIGS.
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The capacitance type touch panel used in many electronic devices in recent years does not require an input device such as a keyboard or a mouse, and has a pen-shaped instruction having a fingertip or a contact portion electrically connected to the fingertip. A major feature is that operation input can be performed using tools.
As a specific operation input method, a GUI displayed on the screen is selected in accordance with an application executed on the electronic device, or the designated position is used as an image information or the like. Is.

The touch panel used in recent electronic devices has a high resolution due to a narrow arrangement interval of the capacitance sensing devices, and can detect coordinates with high positional accuracy. However, its use is limited to the limited use of instructing with a fingertip as described above, enlarging or reducing the screen by widening the interval between the instructed fingertips, or rotating the screen.
This invention is invented in view of the said situation, and makes it a subject to provide the method of inputting the various information using an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel, and the input device used for the said information input. Another object of the present invention is to provide an application executed using the input device and various objects and methods related to the use of the input device.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following configuration.
The present invention is an input device used for a capacitance-sensitive touch panel that detects the proximity of an object that changes the capacitance by a detection element disposed in the vicinity of an image display surface.
That is, it has one or a plurality of parts or objects that exert a change in capacitance with respect to the detection element, and a planar one side surface (opposing surface) of the part or object is directly used as a detected part having a stable shape. Or it arrange | positions facing the surface of the said touch panel through a shield, and the said to-be-detected part is comprised with the conductor. When the detected part is formed of a conductor, it is electrically connected to a contact part that can be touched by the human body. The shape is recognized.
Capacitance detection touch panels are designed to detect contact (proximity) with a fingertip, etc., but the shape of the fingertip always changes depending on the angle and pressure that touches the touch panel. The shape cannot be kept constant. For this reason, the capacitance generated in the detection element of the touch panel always varies. In addition, even in the non-contact area around the fingertip that is in contact with the touch panel, if the distance from the detection element is relatively close, the detection element always changes the capacitance. It will change.
On the other hand, the input device according to the present invention has a stable detected portion by preventing a load from being applied during detection even if a fixed or deformable material in which the shape of the detected portion does not change is used. Therefore, the distinction between the part with information (the part detected by the detection element) and the part without information becomes clear, and stable input with few erroneous recognitions can be performed. Furthermore, the input device according to the present invention can provide a plurality of units of information configured by the detected part on the same touch panel.
As a result, unlike instructing one or two locations with a fingertip to operate an electronic device, information that can be interpreted by the electronic device can be included in the input information itself. The number of uses can be greatly increased.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that a contact portion formed so as to be able to contact a part of a human body is provided on a surface other than the surface on which the detected portion is provided. By providing the contact portion, an input device having a function of charging the detected portion and switching the function as the information input portion to active or inactive can be configured.
The shape of the input device placed on the touch panel is not limited to a three-dimensional object such as a doll, and may be a mechanical operation mechanism or electrical control. Further, the surface provided with the detected portion (detected surface) includes not only the surface where the detected portion is exposed but also the side surface which can be detected by the touch panel without exposing the detected portion.

  Further, if the input device is formed in a card shape, an information input unit for the touch panel is configured on the back surface, and a contact unit that activates the function as the information input unit by charging the detected portion on the surface different from the back surface. It can be configured to be provided. The card can be formed as a game card, or can be used for carrying or holding an application program information, authentication information for accessing a specific website, and the like.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of one information unit comprising a contact portion and the detected portion conducted to the contact portion is provided. For example, it is possible to form a configuration in which a plurality of sets of a set of detected portions are arranged on a plane or a structure in which an information holding surface having a set of detected portions is insulated and stacked in multiple layers. One input device holds a plurality of information, and the usage range of the input device is widened and the usage range is expanded.

  Moreover, the input device according to the present invention has a detected portion arranged to face the detection surface of the capacitance detection type touch panel, and the detected portion is made to penetrate through a conductive plate-like body. Shaped by a portion other than the punched portion and the punched portion, or the detected portion is configured by a recess such as a hole or a groove formed on the surface of the conductive three-dimensional object and a portion other than the recess. To do.

The program according to the present invention has the following configuration.
That is, a program for an electronic device provided with a touch panel that detects the proximity of an object that causes a change in capacitance by a detection element disposed in the vicinity of an image display surface,
Obtaining the surface shape or number and arrangement of the object facing the touch panel based on the position information of the detection element that detects the proximity of the object;
The method includes a step of storing the acquired surface shape or number and arrangement of the object as information for identifying the object.
Based on the information itself for specifying the stored object or information obtained by encoding the information as binary data, selection of a moving image to be displayed or image change, generation of sound, and other programs for operating the electronic device are executed. It can be constituted as follows.
Capacitance detection touch panels can detect fingertip contact, etc., but the conventional method of use is to specify and select a program that is being executed by fingertip contact or movement. The operation is performed. However, although the touch panel has a function capable of detecting a plurality of contact points of a fingertip or the like at the same time, conventionally, the touch panel has been used only for the purpose of instruction and selection as described above. The present invention can obtain input information from the touch panel as a piece of information that can be handled as data that can be distinguished from other input information, unlike those used for simple operation instructions such as the above instructions and selections. It is what.

The program according to the present invention has the following configuration.
That is, a program for an electronic device provided with a touch panel that detects the proximity of an object that causes a change in capacitance by a detection element disposed in the vicinity of an image display surface,
Acquiring the surface shape, the number or the arrangement of the object facing the touch panel based on the position information of the detection element that detects the proximity of the object;
Storing the acquired surface shape or number or arrangement of the object as information for identifying the object;
It has a step of detecting the behavior of the object moved on the touch panel of the object using the information specifying the stored object.
Detecting the behavior of the object based on the information itself specifying the stored object or the change of the information encoded as binary data with the movement of the object, selecting a moving image to be displayed or changing the image; It can be configured to generate a sound and to execute a program for operating the electronic device.
In the present invention, in addition to acquiring input information from the touch panel as a piece of information that can be distinguished from other input information, the movement on the touch panel is performed using this piece of information. It makes it recognizable.

An input device and a program according to the present invention provide a new application of an electronic device using a touch panel.
The input device can change the capacitance at a plurality of positions on the touch panel at the same time, and can input the change as a set of input information to an electronic device having the touch panel. Use of this method using an input device has the effect that the method of using the touch panel can be greatly expanded.
In addition, in an electronic device having a touch panel, the program can acquire a plurality of pieces of information detected by the touch panel as a piece of information that can be distinguished from other input information. Thus, the usage of the touch panel can be greatly expanded.

It is explanatory drawing showing the usage example of the input device which concerns on this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the card | curd which is an example of the input device which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the to-be-detected part which the input device which concerns on this invention has. It is a disassembled perspective view of the card | curd which is another example of the input device which concerns on this invention. It is an external view of the card | curd which is another example of the input device which concerns on this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the card | curd which is another example of the input device which concerns on this invention. It is an external view of the card | curd which is another example of the input device which concerns on this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view regarding the further another Example of the input device which concerns on this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The present invention is used for an apparatus including a capacitance detection type touch panel as described in Patent Document 1 described above, and includes an input device for inputting information to the touch panel, various input methods, and the like. The present invention relates to an application program used for an input device and an input method.
The input device is made of a conduction type in which input information for the touch panel is activated by contacting a human body described below. Various forms such as a card-like form, a doll or other three-dimensional modeled object, and a mechanism product having an operation mechanism can be applied to the form of the input device.

Also, there are those that allow the touch panel to recognize (detect) static information and those that give (detect) dynamic information. Static information, which will be described in detail in the following embodiments, is a group of information formed by a combination of one or a plurality of detected parts of the input device, and can be distinguished from other information. It is formed as one possible data.
On the other hand, dynamic information refers to a group of information formed by a combination of one or a plurality of detected parts of an input device when the information unit moves or rotates on the touch panel for each information unit. Changes can be acquired as data.

The present invention is not limited to using the touch panel as a mere operation panel as described above, but it is meaningful to use it as an input means for data and identifiable information.
Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described. However, the present invention is not limited to the field of play such as toys, games, and games, but also in the field of security authentication, the field of finance, home appliances, advertisements, and other industries and industries. It can be used for products and technologies in various fields.

(First embodiment)
Specific embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1A shows a game card 1 to which the present invention is applied and a portable terminal 4 that is an electronic device using the game card 1 as an input device. FIG. 1B shows a state in which the game card 1 is overlaid on the image display area (screen) 5 of the portable terminal 4. The image display area 5 of the portable terminal 4 published in a tablet type is provided with a touch panel that can detect a change in capacitance similar to that described in Patent Document 1 described above.
Such a capacitance detection type touch panel not only detects the direct contact and proximity of a fingertip etc. to the touch panel surface, but also detects the proximity of an object that causes a change in capacitance to the built-in detection element. It has a function that can.

The game card 1 according to the present embodiment is formed in an outer shape similar to that sold as a general game playing card, trading card, or battle game card, and is made of paper, synthetic It is formed of an appropriate material or material such as a resin, an insulating material used for a printed circuit board, or a composite product thereof.
The game card 1 shown in FIG. 1 is formed as a battle game card made of paper as an example. For this reason, on the surface of the game card 1, a character image appearing in the game and information and parameters related to the character are displayed by printing. The information to be printed is content corresponding to the game or other content.

As will be described in detail later, the game card 1 is formed as a laminated body having a thickness of about 1 mm, which is composed of two layers or a plurality of layers each including a conductive portion. The surface layer portion 6 of the game card 1 is provided with a round hole-shaped opening 2, and the conductive portion 3 provided in the intermediate layer portion is touched by the fingertip that is a part of the human body through the opening 2. Be able to. That is, although the conductive part 3 is a contact part which a fingertip etc. touch, it is arrange | positioned in the position lower than the surface of the surface layer part 6 so that it may not touch carelessly. Then, as shown in FIG. 1 (b), the game card 1 is superimposed on the image display area 5 of the portable terminal 4, and by touching the conductive portion 3 with a fingertip, certain information possessed by the game card 1 is carried. The terminal 4 can be detected.
In addition, instead of the exposed conductive part, a key-top-like protrusion or mechanism of a push switch is provided, and the human body touches the conductive part 3 by pressing the key-top protrusion or operating the mechanism. In the same manner as described above, the human body and the detected portion 9 described later may be electrically connected.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the internal structure of the game card 1. The game card 1 is formed as a laminate of a base sheet 7 made of paper and a surface layer sheet 8 also made of paper. Paper is an insulating material. On the surface of the base sheet 7 serving as an intermediate layer of the game card 1, there are a plurality of small regions having a certain area or more formed by printing using conductive ink or pigment or attaching metal foil or the like. Is formed. The small region is a portion that is charged by contact with a human body, and is a portion that functions as the detected portion 9 that can be detected by a capacitance detection element of the touch panel.
The detected portion 9 in the present embodiment is formed as a small circular region having a diameter of 5 mm, and a plurality of detected portions 9 having the same shape are mixed with portions where the detected portions 9 are not provided. 1 are arranged in a matrix in substantially half of the area (detection area 10). The detected portion 9 is electrically connected to the conductive portion 3 by a narrow conductive path 11 having conductivity. The detected portion 9 can be provided not only in substantially half of the card 1 but also over substantially the entire surface.

In the above example, in order to connect the plurality of detected parts 9 and the conductive part 3, the narrow conductive path 11 connecting each detected part 9 and the conductive part 3 is formed by offset printing or silk screen printing, ink jet or other These are formed by a printing method. What is important in this example is to make the conduction path 11 narrow and reduce the electric charge held by the conduction path 11 itself so that it does not act as noise when detecting the detected portion 9.
In the case of a touch panel that detects the contact of a fingertip, a process that does not regard an input even if it is in conduction with a finger or touched with a pointed pen or the like is performed. This is because it is difficult to determine whether the detected information is noise or correct input. In order to prevent malfunction of the device, correct input is required when there is contact over a certain area on the touch panel. Processing to determine that there is.
In recent mainstream smartphones and tablet terminals, when a circular region having a diameter of about 5 mm is recognized in accordance with the shape and area of contact with the fingertip, this is determined as a correct input. The detected portion 9 in the present embodiment is formed in a circular shape having a diameter of about 5 mm in accordance with the current mainstream model.

Depending on the electronic device 4, there is a difference in the size of an area that can be regarded as an input, and a difference in determination accuracy may occur depending on the calculation speed of the device, the processing program, and the like. Further, when the detection accuracy is improved in the future, the shape and size of the detected portion 9 will be reviewed. The circular shape with a diameter of 5 mm is an average of the portable terminal 4 at the present time. The size matches the specs.
In short, the shapes and sizes of the detected portion 9 and the conduction path 11 are set in accordance with the size capable of accepting the change in capacitance as an input. In the present embodiment, the arrangement and combination of the detected parts 9 and the like are acquired as a set of information and can be used in various programs as unique identification information or data that the game card 1 has. This is a technical purpose.
Therefore, the circular shape with a diameter of 5 mm is an example and is not fixed. Although the conduction path 11 is not intended to be recognized and is formed as narrow as possible, the detected part 9 and the conduction path 11 may be combined and regarded as one detected part. The shapes of these detected parts and conduction paths are determined according to the application program to be executed.

In the case of the game card 1 shown in FIG. 2, consideration is given so that the thickness of the base sheet 7 does not become too thick. This is because if the thickness of the base sheet 7 is large, the distance between the detected portion 9 and the element that detects the capacitance is increased, and the detection accuracy is lowered. This is because when the distance between the detected portion 9 and the detection element is increased, the contour of the detected portion 9 having a certain shape and area gradually becomes unclear and it is difficult to determine whether the detected portion 9 is present or not. by.
Therefore, it is desirable that the distance between the two be as close as possible on the condition that no electrical conduction occurs, similarly to the electrode used for the capacitor.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram regarding an arrangement example of the conductive portion 3, the detected portion 9, and the conduction path 11. FIG. 3A shows the detected portions 9 arranged in the detection region 10 in a vertical row and a horizontal row. That is, the information pattern that can be held in the detection area 10 has a combination of 8 columns (abcdefgh) in the vertical column and 6 columns in the horizontal column (ijklmn). The detection area 10 is an area where the detected part 9 is arranged, and is an area where the electronic device 4 reads the arrangement of the detected part 9 as a set of information.
In the case of the present embodiment, there are 44 places where the detected parts can be arranged in the detection region 10 except for the conductive part 3 provided in the center. If it does so, the combination of 2 to the 44th power can be made by the presence or absence of a to-be-detected part, and this combination can be hold | maintained as one piece of specific information.

FIG. 3B shows a pattern in which the detected portions 9 are provided at the four corners of the detection area 10 set to a rectangle. That is, the detected portion 9 is provided at the four points (a, n) (a, i) (h, n) (h, i) forming the outline of the detection region 10, and the center corresponding to the four points is provided. The pattern which provided the electroconductive part 3 in the area | region is represented.
When the detection area 10 is read by the mobile terminal 4, a dedicated processing program is executed. In this case, unnecessary information may be generated as noise on the touch panel due to finger contact or other factors. In order to distinguish such noise from necessary information, the detected information 9 at the four corners and the conductive portion 3 at the center are provided as basic information as information common to each card as shown in FIG. In this case, it can be assumed that the regular game card 1 is correctly arranged on the touch panel, and the detected information can be acquired as data. Then, using this basic information as a skeleton, the positions of the other detected parts 9 surrounded by the detected parts 9 at the four corners are relatively determined, and the detected information that constitutes the information at any position in the 8 columns and 6 rows Coordinate information indicating whether the unit 9 is provided is detected.

FIG. 3C shows an example in which the detected portions 9 of other patterns are arranged at arbitrary positions surrounded by the detected portions 9 at the four corners in addition to the basic information. In this example, unnecessary conduction paths 11 are omitted.
As in the above example, binary information indicating presence / absence of the detected portion 9 is given to each position constituted by 8 rows and 6 rows in the game card 1, and in the electronic device, in the detection area 10 Unique identification information and data can be obtained by using the arrangement of the detected parts 9 as a set of information. Naturally, in order to prevent unauthorized use and misrecognition, measures for preventing forgery of data and improving reliability, such as calculating the arrangement information of the detected portion 9 and not accepting the information unless certain conditions are satisfied. It is performed appropriately.

In the above example, the detected portion 9 is housed inside the card, so that it cannot be seen without destroying the card (of course, the detected portion 9 and the electrode portion corresponding thereto are It can be exposed visually). If the user cannot see the detected part 9, the information held by the card cannot be known until it is read by the electronic device, so that it is difficult to predict the progress if the game is confidential. There is.
In the game card 1 of this embodiment, when the conductive portion 3 at the center is touched with a fingertip or the like, the other detected portions 9 connected to the conductive portion 3 hold the same electrostatic charge as that of the human body. Thus, each detected portion 9 can be detected in the same manner as touched with a fingertip.
The game card 1 according to the present embodiment holds substantially unique identification information in accordance with the arrangement of the detected portion 9 and can be recognized by an electronic device. In addition, the conductive portion 3 can be used as a switch for switching between active / inactive of the detection region 10.

(Example 2)
As described above, in the above example, the conductive portion, the detected portion, and the conduction path are formed as a single layer on one plane. However, a plurality of information units which are insulated from each other and independent from each other may be provided on one plane (one layer).
The card 20 shown in FIG. 4 is configured by laminating a base sheet 21 and a surface layer sheet 22 made of paper as one material. The base sheet 21 is provided with two detection regions on the base sheet 21 similar to the detection region 10 including the detected portion 9, the conduction path 11, and the conductive portion 3 described above. That is, a detection region 26a including a detected portion 23a, a conductive path 24a, and a conductive portion 25a is provided in a substantially half region of the base sheet 21, and a detection region 26b including a detected portion 23b, a conductive path 24b, and a conductive portion 25b. Is provided. The surface layer sheet 22 is provided with openings 27a and 27b at positions corresponding to the conductive portions 25a and 25b, respectively.

FIG. 5 shows a card 20 formed by laminating the base sheet 21 and the surface layer sheet 22 having the above-described configuration. An opening 27a and an opening 27b are provided on the surface layer sheet 22, respectively, so that the conductive portion 25a and the conductive portion 25b can be touched through the opening 27a and the opening 27b.
When the card 20 configured as described above touches the opening 27a, a set of information formed by the arrangement of the detected portions 23a provided in the detection area 26a can be read by an electronic device. Further, when the opening 27b is touched, a piece of information formed by the arrangement of the detected portions 23b provided in the detection area 26b can be read by the electronic device.
As described above, the card according to this embodiment is a single card, but can hold and read a plurality of sets of information.

(Example 3)
The card of the above embodiment is configured so that a plurality of sets of information can be held and read in one layer while being a single card. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of sets of information are held on a single card as in the above example, but the system is different.
The card 30 shown in FIG. 6 is configured by laminating a base sheet 31, an intermediate layer sheet 32, and a surface layer sheet 33 made of paper as one material. The base sheet 31 is provided with a detection region 37a including a detected portion 34a, a conduction path 35a, and a conductive portion 36a similar to those described above. The intermediate layer sheet 32 is provided with a detection region 37b including a detected portion 34b, a conduction path 35b, and a conductive portion 36b similar to those described above. An opening 38 penetrating the front and back is provided at a position corresponding to the conductive portion 36a.
The surface layer sheet 33 is provided with an opening 39 penetrating front and back at a position corresponding to the conductive portion 36 b formed in the intermediate layer sheet 32, and a position corresponding to the conductive portion 36 a of the base sheet 31 and the opening 38 of the intermediate layer sheet 32. Is provided with an opening 40 penetrating the front and back.

When all of the base sheet 31, the intermediate layer sheet 32 and the surface layer sheet 33 are bonded together, a single card 30 shown in FIG. 7 is formed, and two openings 39 and 40 are formed on the surface of the card 30. The conductive portion 36 b is disposed so as to be in contact with the inside of the opening 39 of the surface layer sheet 33, and the conductive portion 36 a can be in contact with the inside of the opening 40 of the surface layer sheet 33 through the opening 38 of the intermediate layer sheet 32. Be placed.
The detection area 37a constituted by the detected part 34a of the base sheet 31 and the detection area 37b constituted by the detected part 34b of the intermediate layer sheet 32 coincide with each other in the stacking direction. Information provided in both the detection area 37a and the detection area 37b can be acquired in the same part on the touch panel.

With the above configuration, when the conductive portion 36a is touched through the opening 40, the detected portion 34a provided on the base sheet 31 is charged and can be recognized by the touch panel. With the above configuration, the conductive portion 36b is connected to the conductive portion 36b through the opening 39. When touched, the detected part 34b provided on the intermediate sheet 32 is charged and can be recognized by the touch panel.
When the conductive portion 36a through the opening 40 and the conductive portion 36b through the opening 39 are simultaneously touched, information obtained by combining both the detected portion 34a and the detected portion 34b can be recognized as a set of information on the touch panel. Become.
In this embodiment, even a single card (single input device) can hold a plurality of pieces of information.

Example 4
The card 50 shown in FIG. 8 represents another embodiment of an input device that forms an information body according to the shape of a conductor. The card 50 is formed as a thin metal plate with a pattern formed by the shape of the conductor itself. The illustrated card 50 shows an example in which the letters “Ab” are formed as the symbols 51 for easy explanation. The characters “Ab” are connected to a frame portion 52 having a predetermined width forming the contour portion of the card 50 by a connecting portion 53 arranged at a proper position.
The pattern 51 and the connecting portion 53 provided in the frame portion 52 are formed by portions other than the punched portion 54 through which a thin metal plate penetrates the front and back, and the punched portion 54 can be formed by etching or the like, and thus has a complicated pattern. Even a pattern can be easily formed.

When the card 50 is placed on the touch panel and a part of the human body touches the card 50, the shape of the part close to the touch panel can be recognized. By collating the recognized shape with the shape data stored in advance, it is possible to use the card 50 in a specific manner.
Moreover, you may form what exhibits the same effect | action not with a thin card | curd but with a thick board or a solid thing with height. In this case, the portion corresponding to the punched portion 54 does not need to penetrate the front and back, and can be formed by a recess such as a groove. As long as information such as shape and arrangement can be acquired by the detection element provided on the touch panel, the external shape of the input device is not limited.

  When the card 50 is placed on the touch panel and a human body touches a part of the card 50, a shape approximate to a shape that can be visually recognized can be recognized by the touch panel. The cards 1, 20, and 30 described above form information based on the combination of the presence / absence of the detected portion 9 arranged at a predetermined position, but the card 50 forms information that can be distinguished from the others. To do. A large number of capacitive sensing devices that can recognize capacitance changes at fine intervals are arranged on the surface of the touch panel. Depending on the capacity of the capacitive sensing device, the shape of the conductor placed on the touch panel Can be recognized. Therefore, if the touch panel has high recognition accuracy, a finer pattern can be recognized according to the specifications of the touch panel.

  The card 50 described above shows the letters “Ab” as a symbol for easy understanding of the principle. However, if this symbol can be expressed by a portion with and without a conductor, animals, plants, There are no restrictions on the design of human faces, geometric patterns, etc. Moreover, you may represent the pattern which represented the dot formed with the algorithm like QR Code (registered trademark of Denso Wave Co., Ltd.). Needless to say, the conductive portion, the detected portion, and the conduction path mounted on the cards 1 and 20 may be directly formed in the shape of the card.

  The symbol mounted on the card 50 is acquired as information by a dedicated application program, but the shape and arrangement of characteristic lines (or blank portions) that the symbol has, and the shape of a portion (or blank portion) having a predetermined area In the case of having a contour portion (the contour portion may not be provided), it is possible to use these as unique information that can be distinguished from other cards 50 based on the arrangement relationship between the contour portion and the design. It can be done. There are various methods for shape identification and encoding, and various algorithms are used depending on the game, security, and other purposes.

(Example 5)
The detected portion 9 that is activated by the contact of the human body may be dynamically arranged such that the detected portion is moved as well as statically arranged on the touch panel.
For example, when a mechanism body that rotates a rotating body such as roulette is formed on the touch panel surface, a magnet is provided on the rotating body to detect the stop position of the rotating body, and according to the position stopped by cooperation with the application program Can output numbers and signs. If such a mechanism or application program is formed, the present invention can be used for a game for competing in the size of a number or a game such as a six sex. Moreover, if it is a rotating body, it is also possible to obtain | require a rotational speed by calculation, or to count the frequency | count of rotation, and various application programs using such information can be formed.

(Example 6)
In addition, an input device for a tablet terminal that operates with a physical mechanism can be configured using the detected portion 9 that is activated by contact with the human body. For example, if an input unit having a direction button called a push button or a cross key included in a controller for a game machine is configured, an input device capable of operating an electronic device by operating the push button or the cross key can be formed.

(Example 7)
For input of information using the input device, a reading program suitable for each electronic device is used. The program is provided as one process incorporated in a basic program for operating an electronic device, or used as one process incorporated in an application program that operates on a basic program for operating an electronic device. It is. And it is used for control of the electronic device which has each means required as a control apparatus provided with CPU function, a memory | storage device, a display apparatus, the input device formed as a touch panel, and other computer means.

A program according to the present invention is a processing program linked to a main program or an application program of an electronic device, and accepts input to the touch panel using the various types of input devices as predetermined information or data.
This program first sets the detection area on the touch panel. For example, the entire area of the touch panel or a specific area is set as a detection area, and a change in capacitance is detected by a detection element in the detection area.
The detected information is subjected to filter processing to remove noise as necessary, and information regarded as normal is acquired. And based on the positional information of the detection element which detects the proximity | contact of the object considered normal, the surface shape or the number of objects and arrangement | positioning which oppose the said touch panel are acquired.

In addition to the case where the acquired information stores the positional information of each detection element regarded as having an object as data, the detection element group in a certain range regarded as having an object is used as one detection unit. And binarized (encoded to 0 or 1) and stored. If the input device shown in the first embodiment is a detection target, the position where the detection unit is arranged is determined as in the matrix arrangement described above. The binary detection information of 1 is stored as fixed-length data.
If the detected information is binarized for each detection element, it can be obtained as graphic data such as bitmap data, and if each detected portion is detected by the detection element group, the fixed-length data binarized. Get as. The data thus detected is output to a game or other application program formed according to the content, and used for selecting a moving image to be displayed or changing an image, generating sound, or other operations of the electronic device. It is what is done.

Further, depending on the application program, the input device placed on the touch panel may be used dynamically such as moving or rotating. In this case, the movement and rotation of the input device can be detected by determining the posture of the information unit constituted by the graphic data or the binarized fixed-length data of the detected input device or the position at regular intervals. The presence / absence of movement of the input device, the amount of movement, and the like are detected by detecting the difference in position before and after the determination and whether or not the estimated position has been reached.
This can be used to detect the operation of an input device that uses a rotating body such as the roulette described above or that rotates the card orientation 90 degrees from the normal posture in a trading card game. .

  The present invention can be used for various electronic devices having a capacitance detection type touch panel.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game card 2 Opening 3 Conductive part 4 Portable terminal 5 Image display area (screen)
6 Surface layer part 7 Base sheet 8 Surface layer sheet 9 Detected part 10 Detection area 11 Conduction path 20 Card 21 Base sheet 22 Surface layer sheet 30 Card 31 Base sheet 32 Intermediate layer sheet 33 Surface layer sheet 39 Opening 40 Opening 50 Card 51 Design 54 Extraction part

Claims (4)

An input device that is detected by a capacitive touch panel,
A base sheet is provided with a detection region in which a plurality of detected parts having opposing surfaces arranged in a direction facing the detection surface of the capacitance detection touch panel are arranged,
The detected portion is formed of a conductor, and the detected portion is provided in any of the places that can be set in the detection area.
In the case where a plurality of input devices are provided, the basic information is composed of detected portions arranged at the disposition locations common to the plurality of input devices, and the detected portions are disposed at disposition locations different from the basic information. Multiple information units are provided on the base sheet ,
An input device comprising a key-top-like protrusion or mechanism of a push-type switch, and configured to cause a human body to conduct with a detected part by pressing the key-top protrusion or operating the mechanism .   The input device according to claim 1, wherein the detection area is a rectangular area.   The input device according to claim 1, wherein an information unit including the basic information and the detected portion is provided in each of approximately half of the region that bisects the base sheet.   4. The input device according to claim 3, wherein the placeable locations are set in a matrix form arranged in columns and rows.