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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2010
Hiroshi Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Kono, Tokyo, JP;
Tomotake Aono, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Takeda, Tokyo, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
For providing a tactile sensation regardless of an input position of a user when receiving a pressure at which the tactile sensation is to be provided, The tactile sensation providing apparatus includes: a load detection unit configured to detect a different pressure load depending on a pushed position even when an object presses by a uniform pressure a touch face of a touch sensor to detect a touch input; a tactile sensation providing unit which provides the tactile sensation to the object pressing the touch face of the touch sensor; and a control unit which controls according to the pushed position on the touch face such that the tactile sensation providing unit provides the tactile sensation to the pressing object when the pressing object, applying the uniform pressure, presses any position on the touch face for providing the tactile sensation.