Patent ID: 11928292
Assignee: DMG MORI CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A touchscreen device comprising:
a touchscreen having a plate shape;
support parts supporting at least three points of a periphery of the touchscreen; and
an information output unit outputting, to outside, information corresponding to an external force acting on the touchscreen,
each of the support parts having a pressure sensor arranged such that a sensing surface for pressure detection thereof is in contact with a lower end edge of the periphery of the touchscreen and the sensing surface thereof is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to a planar surface of the touchscreen,
the information output unit being configured to recognize, based on detected values detected by the pressure sensors, an acting direction along the planer surface of the touchscreen of the external force acting on the touchscreen and output, to the outside, information on the acting direction and positional information detected by the touchscreen for a position on the touchscreen where the external force is acting.