Patent ID: 8723805
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An information input device comprising: a location detector section that detects a location on a touch panel touched by a user, a plurality of keys being located on an operating screen corresponding to the touch panel; a determination section that determines whether or not a key is assigned to the location detected by said location detector section; a vibrator section that is operable in a case where said determination section determines that the key is assigned to the location, to vibrate said touch panel in a vibration pattern associated with the key, the vibration pattern being different from a vibration pattern associated with another key among the plurality of keys; a voice output section that is operable in a case where said determination section determines that the key is assigned to the location, to output a voice associated with the key; a key press-detecting section that detects whether or not the key is pressed; a key input-accepting section that is operable in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied after detecting that the key is pressed, to accept a key input; and a controller that controls said vibrator section to vibrate said touch panel when a key is touched, and controls said voice output section to output the voice when the key has been kept touched beyond a predetermined time period, while not outputting the voice when the key is not kept touched beyond the predetermined time period.