Electronic device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaoto Yumiki, Yusuke Adachi, Ryo Okumura
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Abstract
The user is allowed to simulatively experience a tactile sensation that would be felt when actually touching on the object being displayed on a screen. An electronic device 100 includes a display device 160 for displaying displayed information, a touch panel 130 to be touched by the user, a displayed information control section 32 for controlling display of the displayed information, thermoelectric element sections 190 for cooling or heating the touch panel 130, and a temperature control section 195 for controlling the temperature of the touch panel 130 in accordance with the displayed information displayed on the display device 160.
Claims14
An electronic device comprising:
- a display displays a displayed object on a portion of the display;
- a panel to be touched by a user;
- a display controller controls the display of the displayed object on the portion of the display;
- a thermoelectric element cools or heats the panel;
- and
- a temperature controller controls a temperature of the panel in a region corresponding to the portion of the display in which the displayed object is displayed, wherein
- the temperature controller controls the temperature in accordance with a temperature information associated with the displayed object displayed on the portion of the display;
- and
- when the displayed object is initially displayed on the display, the temperature controller automatically starts to control the temperature of the panel so that the temperature is cooled or heated according to the temperature information associated with the displayed object displayed, and the temperature controller continues to automatically control the temperature of the panel according to the temperature information associated with the displayed object for so long as the displayed object is displayed.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a computer program for causing an electronic device to perform a temperature control in accordance with a displayed object, the program causing the electronic device to perform the steps of:
- controlling display of the displayed object on a portion of a display;
- cooling or heating a panel to be touched by a user;
- controlling a temperature of the panel in a region corresponding to the portion of the display in which the displayed object is displayed,
- after the displayed object is initially displayed on the display, automatically starting to control the temperature of the panel in accordance with a temperature information associated with the displayed object so that the temperature is cooled or heated according to the temperature information associated with the displayed object displayed on the portion of the display;
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- continuing to automatically control the temperature of the panel according to the temperature information associated with the displayed object for so long as the displayed object is displayed on the portion of the display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.