Touch panel display, electronic apparatus and playing apparatus
Disclosed herein is a touch panel display including, a flat plate-shaped movable panel unit, a movable support member, an acoustic vibration unit, and a soft member, wherein the acoustic vibration unit includes, a sound generating member, an actuator, and a hard member.
1. A touch panel display comprising:
a flat plate-shaped movable panel unit having a display panel and a touch panel integrally stacked over a display surface of said display panel;
a movable support member being elastic and supporting said movable panel unit over a support structure so that said movable panel unit can be displaced in the thickness direction thereof;
an acoustic vibration unit provided between a back surface, fronting on said support structure, of said movable panel unit and said support structure, the acoustic vibration unit including an actuator vibrating when supplied with a driving signal; and
a soft member provided between said touch panel of said movable panel unit and said actuator, and being put into a compressed state when a front surface of said touch panel is depressed and into a non-compressed state when said front surface of said touch panel is not depressed,
said acoustic vibration unit including:
a sound generating member for generating a sound by vibrating; and
a hard member connecting said sound generating member and said actuator to each other and transmitting the vibration of said actuator to said sound generating member,
an actuator drive control unit being provided for supplying said driving signal to said actuator,
said vibration of said actuator being transmitted to said movable panel unit through said soft member when said soft member is in said compressed state, and
said vibration of said actuator being not transmitted to said movable panel unit when said soft member is in said non-compressed state, because of intermediate presence of a space between said soft member and said back surface of said movable panel unit, or because of absorption of said vibration by said soft member.
2. The touch panel display as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said actuator drive control unit is capable of controlling the electric power of said driving signal to either of both a first electric power of a magnitude necessary for generating a tactile feedback in said movable panel unit and a second electric power which is lower than said first electric power and which is necessary for generating a sound from said sound generating member.
3. The touch panel display as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said support structure includes a casing;
said casing includes a bottom wall, a side wall rising from the periphery of said bottom wall, and an upper wall bent from the tip of said side wall and opposed to the periphery of said bottom wall;
said movable panel unit is disposed on the inner side of said side wall and said upper wall in the state of being supported by said movable support member over said bottom wall;
a first space is secured between the whole circumference of the periphery of said movable panel unit and said side wall;
a second space is secured between the whole circumference of the periphery of said front surface of said movable panel unit and said upper wall; and
an elastic material with weak elasticity at such a level as not to hamper the vibration of said movable panel unit is provided between the whole circumference of the periphery of said front surface of said movable panel unit and said upper wall so as to close said second space.
4. The touch panel display as set forth in claim 3 , wherein said elastic material with weak elasticity at such a level as not to hamper the vibration of said movable panel unit is urethane foam.
5. The touch panel display as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said sound generating member is supported over said support structure and disposed at such a position as to front on said back surface, located on the opposite side of said touch panel, of said movable panel unit;
said soft member is provided between said back surface of said movable panel unit and said sound generating member; and
said actuator is supported at a position of said support structure located on the opposite side of said movable panel unit with respect to said sound generating member.
6. The touch display panel as set forth in claim 5 , wherein said bottom wall of said casing is provided with a recessed part;
said sound generating member is provided on said bottom wall so as to close said recessed part; and
said hard member and said actuator are disposed in said recessed part.
7. The touch panel display as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said movable panel unit is rectangular plate-like in shape; and
said movable support member is disposed between four corners of said movable panel unit and the upper side of said support structure.
8. A touch panel display comprising:
a flat plate-shaped movable panel unit having a display panel and a touch panel integrally stacked over a display surface of said display panel;
a movable support member being elastic and supporting said movable panel unit over a support structure so that said movable panel unit can be displaced along a front surface of said touch panel;
an acoustic vibration unit provided between said movable panel unit and said support structure in a direction along said front surface of said touch panel, the acoustic vibration unit including an actuator vibrating when supplied with a driving signal; and
a soft member provided between said touch panel of said movable panel unit and said actuator and being put into a compressed state when said front surface of said touch panel is depressed and into a non-compressed state when said front surface of said touch panel is not depressed,
said acoustic vibration unit including:
a sound generating member for generating a sound by vibrating; and
a hard member connecting said sound generating member and said actuator to each other and transmitting the vibration of said actuator to said sound generating member,
an actuator drive control unit being provided for supplying said driving signal to said actuator,
said vibration of said actuator being transmitted to said movable panel unit through said soft member when said soft member is in said compressed state, and
said vibration of said actuator being not transmitted to said movable panel unit when said soft member is in said non-compressed state, because of intermediate presence of a space between said soft member and said movable panel unit, or because of absorption of said vibration by said soft member.
9. The touch panel display as set forth in claim 8 , wherein said actuator drive control unit is capable of controlling the electric power of said driving signal to either of both a first electric power of a magnitude necessary for generating a tactile feedback in said movable panel unit and a second electric power which is lower than said first electric power and which is necessary for generating a sound from said sound generating member.
10. The touch panel display as set forth in claim 8 , wherein said support structure includes a casing;
said casing includes a bottom wall, a side wall rising from the periphery of said bottom wall, and an upper wall bent from the tip of said side wall and opposed to the periphery of said bottom wall;
said movable panel unit is disposed on the inner side of said side wall and said upper wall in the state of being supported by said movable support member over said bottom wall;
a first space is secured between the whole circumference of the periphery of said movable panel unit and said side wall;
a second space is secured between the whole circumference of the periphery of said front surface of said movable panel unit and said upper wall;
said acoustic vibration unit is disposed in said first space; and
an elastic material with weak elasticity at such a level as not to hamper the vibration of said movable panel unit is provided between the whole circumference of the periphery of said front surface of said movable panel unit and said upper wall so as to close said second space.
11. The touch panel display as set forth in claim 10 , wherein said elastic material with weak elasticity at such a level as not to hamper the vibration of said movable panel unit is urethane foam.
12. An electronic apparatus having an apparatus-side casing, a touch panel display being mounted in or on said apparatus-side casing, and said touch panel display including:
a flat plate-shaped movable panel unit having a display panel and a touch panel integrally stacked over a display surface of said display panel;
a movable support member being elastic and supporting said movable panel unit over a support structure so that said movable panel unit can be displaced in the thickness direction thereof;
an acoustic vibration unit provided between a back surface, fronting on said support structure, of said movable panel unit and said support structure, the acoustic vibration unit including an actuator vibrating when supplied with a driving signal; and
a soft member provided between said touch panel of said movable panel unit and said actuator, and being put into a compressed state when a front surface of said touch panel is depressed and into a non-compressed state when said front surface of said touch panel is not depressed,
said acoustic vibration unit including:
a sound generating member for generating a sound by vibrating; and
a hard member connecting said sound generating member and said actuator to each other and transmitting the vibration of said actuator to said sound generating member,
an actuator drive control unit being provided for supplying said driving signal to said actuator,
said vibration of said actuator being transmitted to said movable panel unit through said soft member when said soft member is in said compressed state, and
said vibration of said actuator being not transmitted to said movable panel unit when said soft member is in said non-compressed state, because of intermediate presence of a space between said soft member and said back surface of said movable panel unit, or because of absorption of said vibration by said soft member.
13. A playing apparatus having an apparatus-side casing, a tough panel display being mounted in or on said apparatus-side casing, and said touch panel display including:
a flat plate-shaped movable panel unit having a display panel and a touch panel integrally stacked over a display surface of said display panel;
a movable support member being elastic and supporting said movable panel unit over a support structure so that said movable panel unit can be displaced in the thickness direction thereof;
an acoustic vibration unit provided between a back surface, fronting on said support structure, of said movable panel unit and said support structure, the acoustic vibration unit including an actuator vibrating when supplied with a driving signal; and
a soft member provided between said touch panel of said movable panel unit and said actuator, and being put into a compressed state when a front surface of said touch panel is depressed and into a non-compressed state when said front surface of said touch panel is not depressed, said acoustic vibration unit including:
a sound generating member for generating a sound by vibrating; and
a hard member connecting said sound generating member and said actuator to each other and transmitting the vibration of said actuator to said sound generating member,
an actuator drive control unit being provided for supplying said driving signal to said actuator,
said vibration of said actuator being transmitted to said movable panel unit through said soft member when said soft member is in said compressed state, and
said vibration of said actuator being not transmitted to said movable panel unit when said soft member is in said non-compressed state, because of intermediate presence of a space between said soft member and said back surface of said movable panel unit, or because of absorption of said vibration by said soft member.