IP Library Granted Patent US 9,182,869
Granted Patent B2
US 9,182,869 · App. 14/235,823 · Granted Nov 10, 2015

Touch panel and electronic device

Inventors: Mitsuru Satou (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuyuki Hirouchi (Miyagi, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
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Patent No.
US 9,182,869
App. No.
14/235,823
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A touch panel includes a first sensor panel including at least one receiving electrode, a second sensor panel including at least one transmission electrode, and overlaid on the first sensor panel, and a third sensor panel including a predetermined electrode at least a part of which overlaps with the one transmission electrode, and overlaid on the second sensor panel. A transmission signal identical to that for the one transmission electrode can be applied on the predetermined electrode.

Claims (22)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a touch panel that detects a grasp by detecting an approach of a body part outside an edge of the touch panel, and detects a contact of a body part on the touch panel; and

a vibration device,

wherein, while the touch panel detects the grasp, when the touch panel detects the contact, the vibration device vibrates at least a portion of the electronic device for a predetermined time; and

wherein, while the touch panel does not detect the grasp, when the touch panel detects the contact, no portion of the electronic device vibrates.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration device is at least one of a vibrator, a piezo actuator, and a vibration actuator.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a display device,

wherein, while the touch panel does not detect the grasp, when the touch panel detects the contact, the display device performs a predetermined display operation.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a display device,

wherein, while the touch panel does not detect the grasp, when the touch panel detects the contact, the display device performs a predetermined display operation for a predetermined time.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a sound emitter,

wherein, while the touch panel does not detect the grasp, when the touch panel detects the contact, the sound emitter emits a predetermined sound.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a sound emitter,

wherein, while the touch panel does not detect the grasp, when the touch panel detects the contact, the sound emitter emits a predetermined sound for a predetermined time.

7. A vibration control method employable in an electronic device including a vibration device, and a touch panel, the method comprising:

detecting, by the touch panel, a grasp by detecting an approach of a body part outside an edge of the touch panel;

detecting, by the touch panel, a contact of a body part on the touch panel;

vibrating the vibration device for a predetermined time, when the touch panel detects the contact, while the touch panel detects the grasp; and

vibrating no portion of the electronic device, when the touch panel detects the contact, while the touch panel detects the grasp.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2014
From: PANASONIC CORPORATION
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 033033/0163 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2014
From: SATOU, MITSURU; HIROUCHI, YASUYUKI
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032400/0268 →
Priority Claims (5)
JP 2011-276175 · Dec 16, 2011 · national
JP 2012-074721 · Mar 28, 2012 · national
JP 2012-085750 · Apr 4, 2012 · national
JP 2012-095879 · Apr 19, 2012 · national
JP 2012-127290 · Jun 4, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140184957A1 · Jul 3, 2014