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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Koga, Osaka, JP;
Ryo Okumura, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 1/1616 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic deviceincludes a casing, a display sectionfor displaying information, a touch panelto be touched by the user, a connecting portionfor connecting together the casingand the touch panel, a vibrating sectionfor vibrating the touch panel, and a vibration control sectionfor controlling the vibration of the vibrating section. The vibration control sectioncontrols the vibration so as to generate a greater vibration when the touch panelis supported only by the connecting portionthan when the touch panelis supported by the connecting portionand another point of support other than the connecting portion