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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Tohru Katamoto, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touch panel apparatus includes a touch panel, a plurality of vibrating devices, and a vibration drive control unit. The touch panel is divided into a plurality of areas. The plurality of vibrating devices are preliminary assigned to the respective plurality of areas. The vibration drive control unit is configured to: drive the vibrating device assigned to an area corresponding to a pressed position while the touch panel is pressed; and drive the vibrating device assigned to another area to cause an area corresponding to the pressed position to vibrate if the vibrating device is not normally driven.