Patent ID: 9329687
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G03G,G06F

Claim Text:
1. A touch panel device, comprising: a touch panel; at least one pair of a first displacement section and a second displacement section, the first displacement section not being fixed to a reverse surface of the touch panel and configured to come in contact with the reverse surface of the touch panel based on a first drive signal to displace the touch panel in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the touch panel, the second displacement section not being fixed to the reverse surface of the touch panel and configured to come in contact with the reverse surface of the touch panel at a location close to a location where the first displacement section is in contact with the reverse surface of the touch panel based on a second drive signal to displace the touch panel in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the touch panel; and a vibration drive controller configured to generate a first drive signal to be applied to the first displacement section and a second drive signal to be applied to the second displacement section, wherein the first and second drive signals are periodic signals having a same wavelength and amplitude, the vibration drive controller causes displacement of the touch panel according to a vibration pattern selected from a plurality of vibration patterns, the plurality of vibration patterns including a first vibration pattern, the vibration drive controller generates either one of the first and second drive signals to displace the touch panel according to the first vibration pattern that alternately creates a first state and a second state, in the first state, only the first displacement section is in contact with the reverse surface of the touch panel while the second displacement section is separate from the reverse surface of the touch panel, and in the second state, only the second displacement section is in contact with the reverse surface of the touch panel while the first displacement section is separate from the reverse surface of the touch panel.