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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Megumi Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
Megumi Kuwabara, Kanagawa, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A tactile sensation providing apparatus capable of providing a tactile sensation to a user at timing maintaining an operation feeling of the user, even when a light pressure load is applied, is provided. The tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor configured to detect a touch input, a load detection unit configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit configured to vibrate the touch face, and a control unit configured to adjust a standard for providing a tactile sensation and, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies the standard, to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit such that the tactile sensation is provided to an object pressing the touch face.