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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Applicants:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tohoku University, Miyagi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tohoku Univeristy, Miyagi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0304 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device includes an operation portion configured to receive an input operation made by a user, a vibration portion configured to vibrate the operation portion, a detection portion configured to detect the input operation, and a controller configured to determine a vibration condition of the vibration portion based on the input operation detected by the detection portion and present an elastic sense to the user by driving the vibration portion under the determined vibration condition.