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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Akira Koga, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Yumiki, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Masahiro Inata, Hyogo, JP;
Ryo Okumura, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic deviceaccording to an embodiment includes: a display sectionfor displaying an operation area; a touch paneldisposed on a display surface side of the display section; a vibration sectionfor vibrating the touch panel; a vibration control sectionfor controlling a vibration pattern of the vibration section; and a detection sectionfor detecting whether an operation to the touch panelhas been made with a has been made with a finger of a user or a pen. The vibration control sectionvaries the vibration pattern of the vibration sectiondepending on whether a finger or a pen is detected by the detection section