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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
Abstract
The user is allowed to simulatively experience a tactile sensation that would be felt when actually touching on the object being displayed on a screen. An electronic deviceincludes a display devicefor displaying displayed information, a touch panelto be touched by the user, a displayed information control sectionfor controlling display of the displayed information, thermoelectric element sectionsfor cooling or heating the touch panel, and a temperature control sectionfor controlling the temperature of the touch panelin accordance with the displayed information displayed on the display device