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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Fujitsu Ten Limited, Kobe-shi, Hyogo, JP;
Inventor:
Masahiro Iino, Kobe, JP;
Assignee:
FUJITSU TEN LIMITED, Kobe-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device according to an embodiment includes a detection unit, a touch position number calculation unit, a vibration unit, and a vibration control unit. The detection unit detects one or more touch positions on an operation surface. The touch position number calculation unit calculates the number of the touch positions detected by the detection unit. The vibration unit vibrates the operation surface. The vibration control unit controls the vibration unit to provide different vibration modes depending on the number of the touch positions calculated by the touch position number calculation unit.