Patent ID: 9558376
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An electronic device comprising: a display configured to display characters; a contact detector configured to detect a contact; a tactile sensation provider configured to provide a tactile sensation to an object contacting the contact detector; and a controller configured to control the display such that a plurality of predetermined characters entered by an operator are displayed as a corresponding plurality of respective turned characters on the display such that a person viewing the plurality of respective turned characters on the display is unable to read the plurality of predetermined characters corresponding to the plurality of respective turned characters, wherein the controller, when the contact detector detects the contact by the object at a position corresponding to one of the plurality of respective turned characters displayed on the display, controls the tactile sensation provider such that a tactile sensation associated with a one of the plurality of predetermined characters that has been inputted by the operator and corresponding to the one of the respective turned characters is provided to the object, and wherein when the contact detector detects the contact by the object at a position not corresponding to one of the plurality of respective turned characters displayed on the display, controls the tactile sensation provider such that the tactile sensation associated with the one of the plurality of predetermined characters that has been inputted by the operator is not provided to the object.