IP Library Granted Patent US 9,046,949
Granted Patent B2
US 9,046,949 · App. 14/109,514 · Granted Jun 2, 2015

Electronic device

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Patent No.
US 9,046,949
App. No.
14/109,514
Granted
Jun 2, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device 100 includes a display unit 165 including a display part 160 having a display region 160 a on which to display an image, a panel member 130 to be touched by a user, and a first adhesive part 150 which is provided so as to cover the display region 160 a and which bonds the panel member 130 and the display part 160 together; a vibration part 140 which causes flexural vibration of the display unit 165 ; and a second adhesive part 155 which bonds the vibration part to the display unit. The rigidity of the first adhesive part 150 is lower than the rigidity of the second adhesive part 155.

Claims (26)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a display unit including a display part having a display region on which to display an image, a panel member to be touched by a user, and a first adhesive part provided so as to cover the display region and bonding the panel member and the display part together;

a vibration part configured to cause flexural vibration of the display unit; and

a second adhesive part bonding the vibration part to the display unit, wherein rigidity of the first adhesive part is lower than rigidity of the second adhesive part and is set to suppress an occurrence of uneven luminance and uneven color of the display part caused by the display part receiving a stress caused by a stress occurring in the first adhesive part.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first adhesive part bonds the panel member and the display part together, for substantially an entirety of a region where the panel member and the display part face each other.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the rigidity of the first adhesive part is lower than rigidity of the panel member.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the vibration part is bonded to the display part, on an opposite side to the panel member.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the vibration part is arranged nearer to a position that becomes an anti-node of vibration than a position that becomes a node of vibration in the display unit.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of the vibration parts are bonded to the display unit,

the electronic device further includes:

a vibration controller configured to control drive of the plurality of the vibration parts, by selecting a drive condition from among a plurality of drive conditions including a first drive condition for causing vibration of a first vibration mode in the panel member and a second drive condition for causing vibration of a second vibration mode in the panel member, and

the number of nodes of the vibration generated in the panel member in the first vibration mode and the number of nodes of the vibration generated in the panel member in the second vibration mode are different from each other.

7. The electronic device according to claim 6 , wherein

when the number of the nodes in the first vibration mode is defined as N (N is a positive integer), the number of the nodes in the second vibration mode is N+1.

8. The electronic device according to claim 6 , further including:

a panel controller configured to detect a touch position of the user, wherein

the vibration controller performs switching between the first vibration mode and the second vibration mode in accordance with a detection result of the touch position obtained by the panel controller.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first adhesive part is formed from a material that allows light emitted from the display part to pass therethrough.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second adhesive part is provided between the vibration part and the display unit.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0252 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ERRONEOUSLY FILED APPLICATION NUMBERS 13/384239, 13/498734, 14/116681 AND 14/301144 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 034194 FRAME 0143. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 24, 2020
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056788/0362 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0143 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2014
From: ADACHI, YUSUKE; INATA, MASAHIRO; OKUMURA, RYO
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032297/0727 →