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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Yoshifumi Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Shoichi Araki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A haptic feedback device includes: a plurality of actuators for vibrating a panel; a touch information obtaining unit for obtaining a plurality of touch positions on the panel; a haptic feedback determining unit for determining a first touch position at which to provide haptic feedback from among the plurality of touch positions; and a driving signal obtaining unit for obtaining first driving signals for driving the actuators to vibrate the panel at the first touch position according to a first haptic signal and vibrate the panel at a second touch position more weakly than at the first touch position, the first driving signals being generated using transfer functions from the actuators to the first touch position or a vicinity thereof and transfer functions from the actuators to the second touch position or a vicinity thereof.