Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Input apparatus for providing a tactile sensation and a control method thereof
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Application No.: US13001595Application Date: 2010-07-28
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Publication No.: US09619026B2Publication Date: 2017-04-11
- Inventor: Tomotake Aono
- Applicant: Tomotake Aono
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: JP2009-177079 20090729
- International Application: PCT/JP2010/004800 WO 20100728
- International Announcement: WO2011/013371 WO 20110203
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/01 ; H03K17/96

Abstract:
An input apparatus has a touch sensor for receiving an input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating the touch face, and a control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a first standard for providing a tactile sensation, for controlling drive of the tactile sensation providing unit such that a click sensation is provided to a pressing object (pressing means) pressing the touch face. The control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a second standard lower than the first standard after the click sensation is provided in pressing, controls drive of the tactile sensation providing unit such that a release sensation corresponding to the click sensation is provided. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided to an operator when the operator operates the touch sensor, allowing the operator to perform a continuous input operation without having a feeling of strangeness.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110260991A1 INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2011-10-27
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