Patent ID: 9703475
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An input apparatus comprising: a touch sensor configured to detect a contact; a load detector configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor; a tactile sensation provider configured to vibrate the touch face; and a controller configured to control drive of the tactile sensation provider, when the load detector detects a pressure load exceeding a predetermined pressure threshold until a predetermined time threshold, such that a tactile sensation is provided to an object pressing the touch face, wherein the controller controls the tactile sensation provider, while the pressure load exceeding the predetermined pressure threshold is continuously detected after the predetermined time threshold, such that the tactile sensation is repeatedly provided at a first time interval between a tactile sensation and a next tactile sensation, the first time interval being different from a time interval until the predetermined time threshold, and wherein the controller controls the tactile sensation provider, while the pressure load exceeding the predetermined pressure threshold is continuously detected after the tactile sensation is repeatedly provided at the first time interval, such that the tactile sensation is repeatedly provided at a second time interval between a tactile sensation and a next tactile sensation, the second time interval being different from the first time interval.