Patent ID: 9389687
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A tactile sensation providing apparatus comprising: a touch sensor; a load detection unit configured to detect a pressing load on the touch sensor; a tactile sensation providing unit configured to vibrate a touch face of the touch sensor; a tactile sensation provision control unit configured as a first chip to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit; a memory unit being connected to the tactile sensation provision control unit and storing a plurality of parameters for providing tactile sensation; and a main control unit configured as a second chip to control drive of the tactile sensation provision control unit based on an output of the touch sensor, wherein the main control unit determines whether a predetermined area of the touch face is touched based on the output of the touch sensor and, when the predetermined area is touched, transmits a tactile sensation control instruction including information specifying a parameter for providing tactile sensation to the tactile sensation provision control unit, the tactile sensation provision control unit, upon receiving the tactile sensation control instruction from the main control unit, specifies the parameter for providing tactile sensation and controls drive of the tactile sensation providing unit based on the tactile sensation control instruction and the pressing load, and the tactile sensation control instruction includes information specifying a parameter for providing a tactile sensation.