Patent ID: 8760434

Claim:
A method of detecting a position on a touchscreen panel including a first resistive film and a second resistive film, the first resistive film having a first electrode and a second electrode provided at corresponding ends thereof in a first direction, the second resistive film having a third electrode and a fourth electrode provided at corresponding ends thereof in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the method comprising: (a) measuring a potential at the first electrode with a supply voltage being applied to a first end of a first resistor having a second end connected to the first electrode with the second electrode being grounded; (b) measuring a potential at the third electrode with the supply voltage being applied to a first end of a second resistor having a second end connected to the third electrode with the fourth electrode being grounded; (c) measuring a potential at the third electrode and a potential at the fourth electrode with the supply voltage being applied to the first electrode with the second electrode being grounded; and (d) measuring a potential at the first electrode and a potential at the second electrode with the supply voltage being applied to the third electrode with the fourth electrode being grounded.