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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Olympus Imaging Corp., Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sato, Sagamihara, JP;
Sumio Kawai, Hachioji, JP;
Osamu Nonaka, Sagamihara, JP;
Shinsuke Homma, Hino, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A touch operation device includes a piezoelectric element, a touch detection unit, and a piezoelectric body control circuit. The piezoelectric element has a piezoelectric property and flexibility. The touch detection unit is disposed to correspond to the piezoelectric element and detects a touch operation. The piezoelectric body control circuit selectively applies a signal to a part of the piezoelectric element corresponding to the touch operation detected by the touch detection unit and then bends the part of the piezoelectric element.