Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Operation input device and image forming device
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Application No.: US17699325Application Date: 2022-03-21
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Publication No.: US12105879B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Hisataka Funakawa
- Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Holtz, Holtz & Volek PC
- Priority: JP 21079007 2021.05.07
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; G06F3/041 ; H04N1/00

Abstract:
A purpose of the present invention is to obtain a good tactile sensation of a vibration response even if a state or an operation situation of an operation panel changes, when the operation panel installed in a stationary machine, such as an image forming device, is vibrated as an operation response.
The present invention is applied to an operation input device that notifies a user by causing a vibrating element to vibrate an operation panel attached to a device main body when an operation of the operation panel by the user is detected. Here, in order to drive the vibrating element, at least one of a plurality of vibration directions is selected to drive the vibrating element when an operation input from the operation panel is detected.
The present invention is applied to an operation input device that notifies a user by causing a vibrating element to vibrate an operation panel attached to a device main body when an operation of the operation panel by the user is detected. Here, in order to drive the vibrating element, at least one of a plurality of vibration directions is selected to drive the vibrating element when an operation input from the operation panel is detected.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220357797A1 OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-11-10
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