Patent ID: 9344084
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: H03K

Claim Text:
1. A touch sensor comprising: a plurality of electrodes; detection means for detecting touch on any of the electrodes and for outputting a detection signal for each electrode; touch judgment means for judging whether each of the electrodes is touched or untouched based on the detection signal; a switch having a manipulation button; control mode judgment means for determining a control function for a controlled device in accordance with an input signal transmitted from the switch when the manipulation button is manipulated; permission means for permitting the touch judgment means to judge touch on each electrode in response to the input signal from the switch; manipulation input judgment means for: wherein at least two of the electrodes are arranged in an arc shape along an outer periphery of the manipulation button, and wherein after detection of touch on the start electrode, a case including the electrodes and the switch which are arranged on a back side of the case, and provided with the manipulation button exposed to outside; and a recessed guide portion arranged in a region of a front surface of the case inside outer peripheries of the electrodes, the guide portion indicating where the electrodes are arranged.