Touchscreen device

Abstract

A touchscreen device includes a touchscreen (2), support parts (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) supporting a periphery of the touchscreen (2), and an information output unit outputting information corresponding to an external force acting on the touchscreen (2). Each support part (6a, 6b, 6c, 6d) has thereon a pressure sensor (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d) arranged such that a pressure sensing surface thereof is in contact with the periphery of the touchscreen (2) and has a predetermined angle with respect to a planar surface of the touchscreen (2). The information output unit is configured to recognize, based on detected values detected by the pressure sensors (10a, 10b, 10c, 10d), an acting direction along the planer surface of the touchscreen (2) of the external force acting on the touchscreen (2) and output, to the outside, information on the acting direction and positional information detected by the touchscreen (2) for a position on the touchscreen where the external force is acting.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.