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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2010
Takayuki Shinozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Shinozaki, Kanagawa, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An input apparatus capable of informing an operator of an execution state of a motion, executed based on pressing of keys and buttons after a predetermined period, through the keys and buttons pressed is provided. An input apparatushas a touch sensorconfigured to detect a contact, a load detection unitconfigured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unitconfigured to vibrate the touch face, and a control unitconfigured to control the tactile sensation providing unitwhen the pressure load detected by the load detection unitcontinuously satisfies a predetermined standard for a predetermined period such that a tactile sensation is provided to an object pressing the touch face.