Patent ID: 9705496
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H03K

Claim:
1. A switch device comprising: a non-conductive operating portion provided with a plurality of operating areas inside an outer edge part of the operating portion; an electrode sheet that is provided to be spaced from the operating portion and has a plurality of electrodes arranged to face the respective operating areas on a one-on-one relationship, each electrode including at least one detection electrode; and a detecting unit that detects operations of the plurality of operating areas; wherein an inner part of the operating portion positioned inward of the outer edge part is displaceable in a facing direction of the operating areas and the electrodes; wherein the detecting unit is configured to determine an operated operating area, which is operable by any form of a touch operation and a push operation, based upon a position of at least one of the detection electrodes, a change in capacitance of the at least one detection electrode, and a changing amount in capacitance of the at least one detection electrode; wherein the detecting unit is configured to determine that one of the plurality of operating areas is the operated operating area when a detection electrode having a largest changing amount in capacitance is arranged to face the one of the plurality of operating areas; and wherein the detecting unit is configured to determine that, when the changing amount in capacitance of the detection electrode having the largest changing amount is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold and when a capacitance in a detection electrode adjacent to the detection electrode having the largest changing amount also changes, an operation form of the operated operating area is the push operation.