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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2019
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Toshihiko Saito, Miyagi, JP;
Hajime Shikata, Miyagi, JP;
Katsunari Sato, Nara, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller controls a temperature sensation provider that provides temperature sensations to an object contacting a contact surface of the temperature sensation provider. The controller includes a database including control information that associates values of a temperature of the contact surface with values of a controlled variable of the temperature sensation provider for each of the temperature sensations, and a temperature controller that controls the temperature sensation provider based on a measured temperature of the contact surface, a temperature sensation to be provided, and the control information.