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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2016
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Shoichi Araki, Osaka, JP;
Yoshifumi Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device capable of presenting appropriate tactile feeling in various use situations is provided. The electronic device according to one exemplary embodiment includes: a touch panel on which a user touches; touch detector that detects the touch of the user on the touch panel; vibrator that vibrates the touch panel; driver that drives the vibrator with a first drive signal within a first frequency band and a second drive signal within a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band; vibration detector that detects a vibration of the touch panel that vibrates due to a drive with the second drive signal and outputs a detection signal; and drive frequency determinator that determines a frequency of the first drive signal based on the detection signal.