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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Setagaya, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Setagaya, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A tactile sensation providing apparatus for providing a tactile sensation based on an operator's input to an object, without wasting an existing application resource constituting a user interface, and a control method for the tactile sensation providing apparatus are provided. A tactile sensation providing apparatusincludes a touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unitconfigured to vibrate a touch face of the touch sensor, a display unit, and a control unitconfigured to set a tactile sensation to be provided by the tactile sensation providing unitfor an object displayed on the display unitbased on information about the tactile sensation supplied from application software and, when detecting an input to the object, to control the tactile sensation providing unitsuch that the tactile sensation set for the object is provided to a pressing object pressing the touch face.