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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2013
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Munehito Matsuda, Kyoto, JP;
KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A touch panel () includes: a touchpad unit () that repeatedly detects a touch position touched by operation body; a speed calculation unit that calculates movement speed of the operation body; a vibrator (); and a region setting unit (), when the speed at first time is less than threshold, sets first reaction region to be anterior in movement direction of the operation body, and when the speed is equal to or greater than the threshold, sets second reaction region that is smaller than the first reaction region to be anterior in the direction; and a vibration control unit () that judges whether the operation body is inside the reaction region at second time after the reaction region setting, when the operation body is inside the reaction region, controls the vibrator to vibrate, and when the operation body is not inside the reaction region, controls the vibrator not to vibrate.