Patent ID: 8970531
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F,G06T,G09G

Abstract:
1. A tactile sensation providing apparatus comprising: a display image generation unit configured to generate display image information including operation image information having a plurality of objects; a display unit configured to display a display image by inputting the display image information; a touch sensor disposed on the display unit and configured to detect a touch position and to output touch position information; a tactile sensation providing unit configured to vibrate a touch face of the touch sensor; a memory unit configured to store information about the objects; and a tactile sensation control unit configured to control provision of a tactile sensation by the tactile sensation providing unit, wherein the tactile sensation control unit determines the object based on the operation image information and the touch position information and stores touch information indicating a circumstance of generation of the touch position information including the information about the object, when an object in current touch information to be newly stored in the memory unit does not match an object in previous touch information stored in the memory unit before the current touch information, the tactile sensation control unit controls the tactile sensation providing unit such that a first tactile sensation is provided to a touch object touching the touch face, and when the object in the current touch information matches the object in the previous touch information, the tactile sensation control unit controls the tactile sensation providing unit such that the first tactile sensation or a second tactile sensation, provided with power lower than power for providing the first tactile sensation, is provided to the touch object.