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INPUT APPARATUS

  • US 20120154328A1
  • Filed: 08/05/2010
  • Published: 06/21/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An input apparatus comprising:

  • a touch sensor configured to detect a contact;

    a load detection unit configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor;

    a display unit configured to display a slide bar;

    a tactile sensation providing unit configured to vibrate the touch face; and

    a control unit configured to control the tactile sensation providing unit such that a tactile sensation is provided to an object pressing the touch face based on a position of a knob of the slide bar shifted in response to the contact detected by the touch sensor while the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard.

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