Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10002501-B2
Application number	US-201113996434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2011
Priority date	Dec 22, 2010
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

An electronic device includes a display unit 13 , a panel 11 , a tactile sensation providing unit 12 configured to vibrate a touch face of the panel 11 , and a control unit 16 configured, when detecting contact to a tactile sensation providing area of the touch face corresponding to a predetermined word displayed on the display unit 13 , to drive the tactile sensation providing unit 12 based on tactile sensation providing information associated with the predetermined word, such that a tactile sensation is provided to a contact object in contact with the tactile sensation providing area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a panel;
a tactile sensation provider configured to vibrate a touch face of the panel; and
a controller configured to display a plurality of objects respectively corresponding to a plurality of different vibratory tactile sensation providing information on the display; to associate, based on a user input, one of the objects corresponding to one of the plurality of different vibratory tactile sensation providing information with a predetermined word displayed on the display; and, when detecting contact to a tactile sensation providing area of the touch face corresponding to the predetermined word displayed on the display, to drive the tactile sensation provider based on the vibratory tactile sensation providing information correspondingly associated to the one of the objects such that a tactile sensation is provided to a contact object in contact with the tactile sensation providing area,
wherein the controller displays a plurality of conversion candidates of the same text associated with different tactile sensation providing information as replacement candidates for a word to be converted displayed on the display and, when detecting contact to a contact area of the touch face corresponding to one of the plurality of the conversion candidates of the same text, drives the tactile sensation provider based on the tactile sensation providing information corresponding to the one of the conversion candidates of the same text, converts the word to be converted into the one of the conversion candidates of the same text and displays the predetermined word associated with the tactile sensation providing information.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller, when detecting contact to a contact area of the touch face corresponding to one of the plurality of objects, drives the tactile sensation provider based on the tactile sensation providing information corresponding to the one of the objects and, when detecting a movement of the one of the objects to a tactile sensation providing area of the predetermined word, associates the one of the objects with the predetermined word.

3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a communicator capable of wirelessly connecting to a radio communication network, wherein the controller transmits information about the word displayed on the display, together with the tactile sensation providing information associated with the predetermined word included in the information about the word, from the communicator to the radio communication network.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a communicator capable of wirelessly connecting to a radio communication network, wherein the controller transmits information about the word displayed on the display, together with the tactile sensation providing information associated with the predetermined word included in the information about the word, from the communicator to the radio communication network.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a communicator capable of wirelessly connecting to a radio communication network, wherein the communicator transmits information about the word displayed on the display, together with the tactile sensation providing information associated with the predetermined word included in the information about the word, from the communicator to the radio communication network.

6. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a panel;
a tactile sensation provider configured to vibrate a touch face of the panel;
a controller configured, when detecting contact to a tactile sensation providing area of the touch face corresponding to a predetermined word displayed on the display, to drive the tactile sensation provider based on tactile sensation providing information associated with the predetermined word, such that a tactile sensation is provided to a contact object in contact with the tactile sensation providing area; and
a pressure detector configured to detect pressure on the touch face, wherein the controller displays a plurality of conversion candidates of the same text associated with different tactile sensation providing information as replacement candidates for a word to be converted displayed on the display and, when detecting contact to a contact area of the touch face corresponding to one of the plurality of the conversion candidates of the same text, drives the tactile sensation provider based on the tactile sensation providing information corresponding to the one of the conversion candidates of the same text, converts the word to be converted into the one of the conversion candidates of the same text associated with the different tactile sensation providing information and displays the predetermined word associated, based on a user input, with the tactile sensation providing information, and the controller, when data output by the pressure detector based on pressure of contact to the contact area of the touch face corresponding to the one of the conversion candidates satisfies a first threshold, drives the tactile sensation provider based on the tactile sensation providing information associated with the one of the conversion candidates and then, when the data output by the pressure detector satisfies a second threshold higher than the first threshold, converts the word to be converted into the one of the conversion candidates and displays the predetermined word associated with the tactile sensation providing information.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , further comprising:
a communicator capable of wirelessly connecting to a radio communication network, wherein the controller transmits information about the word displayed on the display, together with the tactile sensation providing information associated with the predetermined word included in the information about the word, from the communicator to the radio communication network.

8. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a panel;
a tactile sensation provider configured to vibrate a touch face of the panel; and
a controller configured to display a plurality of objects respectively corresponding to a plurality of different tactile sensation providing information on the display; to associate, based on a user input, one of the objects corresponding to one of the plurality of different tactile sensation providing information with a predetermined word displayed on the display; and, when detecting contact to a tactile sensation providing area of the touch face corresponding to the predetermined word displayed on the display, to drive the tactile sensation provider based on the tactile sensation providing information correspondingly associated to the one of the objects and such that a vibration sensation is provided to a contact object in contact with the tactile sensation providing area,
wherein the controller displays a plurality of conversion candidates of the same text associated with different tactile sensation providing information as replacement candidates for a word to be converted displayed on the display and, when detecting contact to a contact area of the touch face corresponding to one of the plurality of the conversion candidates of the same text, drives the tactile sensation provider based on the tactile sensation providing information corresponding to the one of the conversion candidates of the same text, converts the word to be converted into the one of the conversion candidates of the same text and displays the predetermined word associated with the tactile sensation providing information.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the controller, when det

Assignees

• Nakamura Masatsugu
• Ueno Yasuhiro
• Kyocera Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Masatsugu
• Ueno Yasuhiro

Classifications

• G08B6/00 Primary

  Tactile signalling systems, e.g. tactile personal calling systems · CPC title

• G06F3/016 Primary

  Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user · CPC title

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title