US 11,789,538 B2
Tactile presentation control apparatus, tactile presentation panel, tactile presentation touch panel, and tactile presentation touch display
Tae Orita, Tokyo (JP); Akira Yamashita, Tokyo (JP); Yoshinori Ueno, Tokyo (JP); Mitsuru Sakai, Tokyo (JP); Naoki Numata, Tokyo (JP); Yuki Furumoto, Tokyo (JP); Tsuyoshi Sempuku, Tokyo (JP); and Yuichi Sasaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/777,055
Filed by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 26, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/051099
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/130956, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0404912 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/039 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tactile presentation control apparatus that has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to a user via the tactile presentation knob, the tactile presentation control apparatus comprising:
a tactile determination unit that determines the tactile sense according to a state of an apparatus operated with the tactile presentation knob; and
a tactile control unit that performs control to present, as the tactile sense determined by the tactile determination unit, a frictional force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface in a state where the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface have contact with each other.