Electronic device, control method, and control program
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorsTomohiro Sudo, Koichi Ando, Kenji Ishibashi
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Abstract
According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a piezoelectric element; and a sound generating unit that is vibrated by the piezoelectric element and generates a vibration sound transmitted by vibrating part of a human body. The electronic device notifies a user of a specific position in the sound generating unit.
Claims19
An electronic device, comprising:
- a piezoelectric element;
- a sound generating unit configured to be vibrated by the piezoelectric element and generate a vibration sound to be transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body of a user;
- and
- a detection unit configured to detect a contact position of the part of the human body on the sound generating unit, wherein
- the electronic device is configured to provide, for the user, a notification of a specific position on the sound generating unit,
- the sound generating unit is configured to start generating a guidance sound for guiding the part of the human body to the specific position when a difference between the contact position and the specific position is greater than a threshold, and
- the sound generating unit is configured to start generating the vibration sound other than the guidance sound when the difference between the contact position and the specific position becomes smaller than the threshold.
A control method performed by an electronic device that comprises a sound generating unit and a piezoelectric element, the control method comprising:
- notifying a user of a specific position on the sound generating unit;
- detecting a contact position of a part of a human body of the user on the sound generating unit;
- when a difference between the contact position and the specific position is greater than a threshold,
- starting generating a guidance sound for guiding the part of the human body to the specific position by vibrating the sound generating unit with the piezoelectric element;
- and
- when the difference between the contact position and the specific position becomes smaller than the threshold,
- starting generating a vibration sound other than the guidance sound by vibrating the sound generating unit with the piezoelectric element, wherein the vibration sound is to be transmitted by vibrating the part of the human body.
A non-transitory storage medium that stores a control program that causes, when executed by an electronic device that comprises a sound generating unit and a piezoelectric element, the electronic device to execute:
- notifying a user of a specific position on the sound generating unit;
- detecting a contact position of a part of a human body of the user on the sound generating unit;
- when a difference between the contact position and the specific position is greater than a threshold,
- starting generating a guidance sound for guiding the part of the human body to the specific position by vibrating the sound generating unit with the piezoelectric element;
- and
- when the difference between the contact position and the specific position becomes smaller than the threshold,
- starting generating a vibration sound other than the guidance sound by vibrating the sound generating unit with the piezoelectric element, wherein the vibration sound is to be transmitted by vibrating the part of the human body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.