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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Tomohiro Miki, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Miki, Kanagawa, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor, a detection unit, a tactile sensation providing unit, a main control unit, and a tactile sensation provision control unit. The control unitstores a signal related to information from the detection unit in the memory unit and, based on contents thereof and a tactile sensation provision instruction signal from the main control unit, determines a state of the main control unit. When the instruction signal does not correspond to a busy state, the providing unitvibrates the touch sensorin a first mode, and, when the instruction signal corresponds to the busy state, the control unitcontrols the main control unitto cancel the process corresponding to the detection information and controls the providing unitto vibrate the touch facein a second mode.