# US 10,482,730 B2 · Electronic device

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- Number: US 10,482,730 B2
- Document ID: US10482730B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/771,616
- Filed: 2016-11-09
- Published: 2018-10-25
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2015-11-17
- Assignees: KYOCERA Corporation
- Applicants: KYOCERA Corporation
- Inventors: Jun Takeda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482730B2

## CPC

- G08B 6/00: Tactile signalling systems, e.g. tactile personal calling systems
- G06F 3/01: Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence)
- G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user}
- G06F 3/03547: {Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface}
- G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
- G06F 2203/04105: Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An electronic device includes a panel and a press detector configured to detect a press. The press detector detects the press on the basis of a force in a direction different from the press direction of the panel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a panel; and
a press detector configured to detect a press,
wherein, when the panel is pressed in a first direction orthogonal to the panel, the press detector detects the press in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and
the panel is configured to be displaced with a displacement component in the press direction and also a displacement component in a direction orthogonal to the press direction in accordance with a press on an interface surface of the panel.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the press detector detects the press on the basis of a force in the direction orthogonal to the press direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:
a base supporting the panel; wherein
the base is structured so that at least a part of a portion supporting the panel has an inclination; and
the panel is displaced along the inclination in accordance with the press on the interface surface.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electronic device of claim 3, further comprising:
an elastic member interposed between the panel and the base; wherein
the panel is displaced along the inclination by deformation of the elastic member in accordance with the press on the interface surface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:
a base supporting the panel; and
an elastic member interposed between the panel and the base; wherein
the panel is displaced with the displacement component in the press direction and also the displacement component in the direction orthogonal to the press direction by deformation of the elastic member in accordance with the press on the interface surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the elastic member is disposed between the panel and the base in an inclined state relative to the press direction of the panel.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the elastic member is interposed between a side of the panel and a side of the base.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:
a base supporting the panel; and
a connector connecting the panel and the base; wherein
the panel is displaced with the displacement component in the press direction and also the displacement component in the direction orthogonal to the press direction by a position of the panel relative to the base changing via the connector in accordance with the press on the interface surface.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of an interface surface of the panel is a curved surface.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the press detector is driven as an actuator that displaces the panel in a transverse direction relative to an interface surface of the panel.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the press detector displaces the panel in the transverse direction relative to the interface surface to provide a tactile sensation on the interface surface in accordance with the press detected by the press detector.

### Claim 12

An electronic device comprising:
a panel; and
a press detector configured to detect a press, wherein
the press detector detects a force resulting from the press, the force being in a direction different from a press direction of the panel, and
the panel is configured to be displaced with a displacement component in the press direction and also a displacement component in a direction orthogonal to the press direction in accordance with a press on an interface surface of the panel.