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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2021
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Mitani, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Kyoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Togawa, Osaka, JP;
Sho Sonoda, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device includes: a touch sensor that detects a position of a touch on an operation surface by an operation finger; a vibration element that vibrates the operation surface; and a controller that changes a magnitude of vibration of the operation surface by the vibration element according to acceleration in movement of the operation finger along the operation surface, the movement being performed while the operation finger is touching the operation surface.