Tactile presentation device, tactile presentation touch panel, and tactile presentation touch display
The present disclosure relates to a tactile presentation device presenting tactile to a user, and includes: a touch detection circuit detecting the user having contact with the tactile presentation knob and outputting positional information of the tactile presentation knob; a pressure detection circuit detecting an amount of pressing of the operation surface by the tactile presentation knob; a tactile control circuit determining a voltage signal generating friction force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface; and a pressure amount calculation circuit calculating a pressure amount based on the amount of pressing detected in the pressure detection circuit and adding the pressure amount to the pressing information, wherein generated is tactile caused by a change of the friction force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface by the voltage signal determined by the tactile control circuit.
1. A tactile presentation device in which a tactile presentation knob is disposed on an operation surface to present tactile to a user via the tactile presentation knob, the tactile presentation device comprising:
a touch detection circuit detecting the user having contact with the tactile presentation knob and detecting a position of the tactile presentation knob on the tactile presentation device to output the position as positional information;
a pressure detection circuit detecting an amount of pressing of the operation surface performed by the user via the tactile presentation knob and outputting the amount of pressing as pressing information;
a tactile control circuit determining a voltage signal generating friction force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface based on the positional information outputted from the touch detection circuit and pressing information outputted from the pressure detection circuit; and
a pressure amount calculation circuit calculating a pressure amount based on the amount of pressing detected in the pressure detection circuit and adding the pressure amount to the pressing information, wherein
generated is tactile caused by a change of the friction force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface by the voltage signal determined by the tactile control circuit, and
the pressure detection circuit detects the amount of pressing of the operation surface via the tactile presentation knob so that the friction force between the tactile presentation knob and the operation surface generated by the voltage signal becomes constant.
2. The tactile presentation device according to claim 1 , wherein
the tactile presentation knob includes:
a conductive elastic part provided in a position facing the operation surface to have contact with the operation surface; and
a support part limiting pressing force on the conductive elastic part, and
the pressure detection circuit detects the amount of pressing of the operation surface also via the support part.
3. The tactile presentation device according to claim 2 , wherein
the tactile presentation knob includes a rotation part provided on the conductive elastic part,
the support part is provided on a bottom surface of the rotation part to keep a distance from the operation surface to the rotation part constant,
a height of the support part is set lower than a height of the conductive elastic part in a state where the tactile presentation knob is disposed on the operation surface and the user does not have contact with the tactile presentation knob, and
the support part has contact with the operation surface when the user presses the tactile presentation knob, and keeps a friction coefficient between the conductive elastic part and the operation surface constant in a state where the voltage signal is not applied.
4. The tactile presentation device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a tactile electrode including a plurality of first electrode and a plurality of second electrodes provided on a side of the operation surface of the tactile presentation device;
a dielectric layer covering the tactile electrode and having one surface being the operation surface; and
a voltage generation circuit generating a first voltage signal applied to at least one of the first electrodes located in at least part of a region in the operation surface of the tactile presentation device and generating a second voltage signal having a waveform different from the first voltage signal to be applied to at least one of the second electrodes located in at least part of a region in the operation surface of the tactile presentation device, wherein
the friction force is generated between the operation surface and the tactile presentation knob by supplying the first and second voltage signals.
5. The tactile presentation device according to claim 4 , wherein
the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal are voltage signals each having a waveform in which at least one of a frequency, a phase, and an amplitude voltage is different from each other.
6. The tactile presentation device according to claim 4 , wherein
the friction coefficient between the support part and the operation surface is smaller than a static friction coefficient between the conductive elastic part and the operation surface in a state where electrostatic force does not occur between the tactile electrode and the conductive elastic part.
7. The tactile presentation device according to claim 4 , wherein
the conductive elastic part is provided at intervals in a plurality of positions in the bottom surface of the rotation part, and
a plurality of conductive elastic parts are overlapped with at least the first electrode and the second electrode adjacent to each other in a plan view, thereby generating tactile.
8. The tactile presentation device according to claim 3 , wherein
a difference of a height between the support part and the conductive elastic part is set to be larger than a dimensional tolerance of a thickness of the conductive elastic part.
9. The tactile presentation device according to claim 3 , wherein
the conductive elastic part is provided at intervals in a plurality of positions in the bottom surface of the rotation part,
the support part is provided at intervals in a plurality of positions in the bottom surface of the rotation part, and
the plurality of conductive elastic parts and the plurality of support parts are alternately provided.
10. The tactile presentation device according to claim 9 , wherein
the tactile presentation knob further includes a fixing part as a central axis having contact with the operation surface to rotate the tactile presentation knob.
11. The tactile presentation device according to claim 3 , wherein
the support part is provided in an outer peripheral part of the bottom surface of the rotation part, and
the conductive elastic part is provided in the bottom surface of the rotation part on an inner side of the support part.
12. The tactile presentation device according to claim 11 , wherein
the tactile presentation knob further includes a fixing part as a central axis having contact with the operation surface to rotate the tactile presentation knob.
13. The tactile presentation device according to claim 3 , wherein
the support part is provided at intervals in a plurality of positions in the bottom surface of the rotation part, and
a plurality of support parts are provided to be surrounded by the conductive elastic part.
14. The tactile presentation device according to claim 13 , wherein
the tactile presentation knob further includes a fixing part as a central axis having contact with the operation surface to rotate the tactile presentation knob.
15. The tactile presentation device according to claim 3 , wherein
the tactile presentation knob further includes at least one position detection part provided in the bottom surface of the rotation part,
the support part is provided at intervals in a plurality of positions in the bottom surface of the rotation part,
the position detection part is provided at intervals in a plurality of positions in the bottom surface of the rotation part, and
a plurality of support parts and a plurality of position detection parts are alternately provided.
16. The tactile presentation device according to claim 15 , wherein
the tactile presentation knob further includes a fixing part as a central axis having contact with the operation surface to rotate the tactile presentation knob.
17. The tactile presentation device according to claim 1 , wherein
the tactile control circuit changes the friction force by changing a time and a cycle of applying a signal waveform and a signal voltage of a tactile presentation signal.
18. A tactile presentation touch panel, comprising:
the tactile presentation device according to claim 1 ; and
a touch panel disposed on a side opposite to the operation surface of the tactile presentation device, wherein
the touch detection circuit is included in the touch panel.
19. The tactile presentation touch panel according to claim 18 , wherein
a detection electrode and an excitation electrode of the touch panel are disposed in a pair in a matrix.
20. A tactile presentation touch display, comprising:
the tactile presentation touch panel according to claim 19 ; and
a display panel attached to the tactile presentation touch panel.