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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 10, 2014
Applicant:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;

Inventors:

Hideyuki Kato, Hachioji, JP;

Katsuaki Akama, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); A61H 3/06 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G08G 1/09 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2013.01); A61H 3/061 (2013.01); G01C 21/3652 (2013.01); G08G 1/09 (2013.01);
Abstract

A guidance apparatus for guiding to a predetermined orientation includes a detection section configured to detect a contact of an object via a contact surface; a measurement section configured to measure an orientation of the guidance apparatus; a calculation section configured to calculate a direction of the predetermined orientation relative to the orientation measured by the measurement section; and a vibration section configured to generate vibration if the contact of the object is detected by the detection section either within an area including the direction, or within another area other than the area including the direction, among a plurality of areas partitioning the contact surface.


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