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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Osamu Kukimoto, Kobe, JP;
Teru Sawada, Kobe, JP;
Tadayuki Yamashita, Kobe, JP;
Masahiro Iino, Kobe, JP;
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
A touch sensor that generates an output based on an operation performed to the touch sensor by an operator; a transducer attached to the touch sensor and configured to vibrate the touch sensor so as to give a touch feeling to the operator contacting the touch sensor; and a controller configured to (i) determine a content of the operation performed to the touch sensor by the operator based on the output of the touch sensor and (ii) select one of the plurality of operation modes based on the determined content of the operation performed to the touch sensor by the operator. The controller causes the transducer to vibrate the touch sensor with different patterns of vibration so as to give different touch feelings to the operator contacting the touch sensor depending on the determined content of the operation performed to the touch sensor by the operator.