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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, Kobe-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device according to an embodiment includes a plurality of vibration elements that vibrate an operation surface and a controller. The controller detects, in a state where the controller causes one or more of the plurality of vibration elements to vibrate the operation surface, a vibration state of the operation surface by using at least one of other vibration elements of the vibration elements.