Patent ID: 9557816
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04M

Claim:
1. An input device, comprising: a touch sensor configured to detect contact; a tactile sensation providing unit configured to provide a tactile sensation to a contacting object in contact with the touch sensor; a control unit configured to control the tactile sensation providing unit to provide the tactile sensation to the contacting object in contact with the touch sensor; and a display unit that, under control of the control unit, displays a display item; wherein in response to the contacting item coming in contact with a predetermined position of the touch sensor associated with the display item, the tactile sensation providing unit provides the tactile sensation to the contacting object when secret data corresponds with the display item, wherein the secret data is data registered according to a secret setting based on a first action of a user, the secret setting being a non-display setting that causes the secret data to remain unseen until the secret setting is canceled based on a second action of the user that satisfies cancellation of the secret setting; and wherein after the tactile sensation providing unit provides the tactile sensation, when the touch sensor detects contact satisfying a predetermined trajectory condition, the control unit cancels secrecy for the data and controls the display unit to display the data.