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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2005
Applicant:
Jun Funaki, Saitama, JP;
Inventor:
Jun Funaki, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Conductivity of a photoconductive layer changes in accordance with a display pattern made of black and white, which is displayed on a display device of a touch panel apparatus with tactile display function. With this change of the conductivity, viscosity of an electrorheological fluid layer changes in accordance with this display pattern. This change of the viscosity is presented to an operator, as tactile information corresponding to the display pattern displayed as the visual information.