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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Adachi, Osaka, JP;
Ryo Okumura, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic deviceincludes a touch panelfor accepting a touch operation by a user to detect a touch position, a vibrating sectionfor vibrating the touch panelin a first vibration mode and a second vibration mode, and a vibration control sectionfor controlling the vibration of the vibrating section. The number of vibration nodes occurring on the touch panelin the first vibration mode is different from the number of vibration nodes occurring on the touch panelin the second vibration mode. The vibration control sectionvibrates the touch panelin at least one of the first vibration mode and the second vibration mode depending on the touch position of the user.