Patent ID: 9645645
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a touch panel configured to detect a contact of a contact object with the touch panel; a plurality of tactile sensation providing units configured to vibrate the touch panel to provide a tactile sensation to the contact object in contact with the touch panel; and a plurality of first controllers electrically connected with and configured to control drive of the plurality of tactile sensation providing units, wherein among the plurality of first controllers, at least one first controller is selected as a master controller configured to output, to at least one further first controller which is a slave controller, a synchronization signal to drive the tactile sensation providing unit with which the slave controller is electrically connected, the master controller is electrically connected with and configured to control drive of one of the plurality of tactile sensation providing units which is located in and configured to vibrate a region of the touch panel corresponding to a contact position of the contact detected by the touch panel, and the slave controller is electrically connected with and configured to control drive of another one of the plurality of tactile sensation providing units which is located in and configured to vibrate another region of the touch panel different from the region corresponding to the contact position.