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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2011
Hiroshi Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinori Sato, Kagoshima, JP;
Hiroshi Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Akinori Sato, Kagoshima, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A tactile sensation providing apparatus, so as to reduce an influence by provision of a tactile sensation on detection of a position by a touch sensor, includes a touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unitdisposed near the sensorand configured to vibrate the sensor, a touch sensor control unitconfigured to transmit a scanning signal to the sensorand, by receiving the signal from the sensor, to detect the position of the contact to the sensor, signal linesconfigured to transmit the signal between the sensorand the control unit, and a tactile sensation control unitconfigured to, based on the position of the contact detected by the control unit, control the providing unitto vibrate the sensor. The providing unitis disposed avoiding overlapping with the lines