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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2016
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Watanabe, Toyohashi, JP;
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshikazu Higashi, Toyokawa, JP;
Mineo Yamamoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Konica Minolta, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation panel that is incorporated in an apparatus generating vibration during operation, and displays an operation screen of the apparatus to receive operation from a user includes: a touch panel that includes a display area of the operation screen, and detects contact between an external object and the display area; a vibration generation unit that applies vibration to the display area; a vibration storage unit that stores a spectrum of vibration generated by operation of the apparatus as a spectrum of background vibration; and a response control unit that checks whether the apparatus is in a standby state or an operating state, and causes the vibration generation unit to apply vibration indicating a first spectrum to the display area when the apparatus is in the standby state, and vibration indicating a second spectrum to the display area when the apparatus is in the operating state.