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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2012
Applicant:
Takayuki Shinozaki, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Takayuki Shinozaki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0418 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device () is provided with a contact detection unit () that detects contact by a contacting object, a vibration unit () that vibrates the contact detection unit (), and a control unit () that controls the vibration unit () to vibrate. The control unit (), while controlling the vibration unit () to vibrate, determines a position of the contact based on a plurality of positions of contact detected by the contact detection unit () during a predetermined time.