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TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE SENSATION

  • US 20120299859A1
  • Filed: 01/21/2011
  • Published: 11/29/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tactile sensation providing apparatus comprising:

  • a touch sensor;

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

    a display unit;

    a memory unit configured to store a definition file of a user interface displayed on the display unit including information about a tactile sensation to be provided by the tactile sensation providing unit correspondingly to user interface objects included in the user interface; and

    a control unit configured to set the user interface defined in the definition file by analyzing the definition file and, when an input to the user interface object for executing a predetermined operation is detected, to control the tactile sensation providing unit such that the tactile sensation corresponding to the user interface object is provided to a pressing object pressing the touch face.

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