Abstract: An electromagnetic drive device includes a permanent magnet attached to a surface of a first yoke facing a second yoke; and first and second excitation coils to generate magnetic flux when being energized. The second yoke includes a base, and a first protruding part protruding from the base toward the first yoke, between the first and second excitation coils. The permanent magnet includes a first region; and second and third regions positioned on respective sides of the first region. The first region is magnetized to be a first pole, and the second region and the third region are magnetized to be second poles. The first region is opposite to the first protruding part, a boundary between the first and second regions is opposite to the first excitation coil, and a boundary between the first and third regions is opposite to the second excitation coil.

Abstract: An operation device includes a movable part having an operating surface on which a contact operation is performed by an living body, a vibration exciter attached to the movable part at a position other than the operating surface, and configured to excite the movable part in a first direction along the operating surface, and in a second direction intersecting the operating surface, a base part, and an elastic support, provided between the movable part and the base part, and configured to elastically support the movable part with respect to the base part. The movable part provides a tactile sensation to the living body making the contact operation when excited in the first direction by the vibration exciter, and generates a sound from the operating surface when excited in the second direction by the vibration exciter.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that has a positional relationship between a plurality of attaching parts and a plurality of actuators of an operation panel that generates local vibration in the operation panel. The electronic device includes a holding member; an operation panel on which a user performs an operation input; a plurality of attaching parts that attach the operation panel to the holding member; a plurality of actuators each of which is provided between adjacent attaching parts among the plurality of attaching parts in plan view and generates vibration in the operation panel; a position detection part that detects a position where the operation input is performed; and a control part that drives at least one of the plurality of actuators in accordance with a position detected by the position detection part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tactile-sensation providing device that reduces the transmission of vibration to the base part. The tactile-sensation providing device has: a vibrating body; a vibration-target object that is elastically connected with the vibrating body and vibrated in accordance with vibration of the vibrating body; and a base part that is elastically connected with the vibration-target object, the tactile-sensation providing device providing a tactile sensation to a living body based on vibration of the vibration-target object, the base part is spaced apart from the vibrating body, and a resonance frequency of a first vibrating system including the base part and the vibration-target object is ? or less of a resonance frequency of a second vibrating system including the vibration-target object and the vibrating body.

Abstract: An operation device includes a movable portion, a vibration generating unit, a fixed portion, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The vibration generating unit includes a movable yoke attached to the movable portion, and a fixed yoke attached to the fixed portion and disposed facing the movable yoke in a first direction. The vibration generating unit includes a permanent magnet attached to one yoke among the movable yoke and the fixed yoke, both ends of the permanent magnet in the first direction being opposite magnetic poles created by magnetization. The vibration generating unit includes an exciting coil attached to a different yoke from the one yoke among the movable yoke and the fixed yoke, the exciting coil being configured to induce magnetic flux in response to a current flowing through the exciting coil.

Abstract: An input device and an input module are provided that vibrate in a direction along the surface of a cantilevered operation unit. The input device includes a fixed member rotatably supporting a rotation shaft, an operation unit having an end rotatably supported by the rotation shaft and being rotatable relative to the fixed member, and a vibrating element that generates vibration of the operation unit in the axial direction of the rotation shaft in response to a rotation operation performed on the operation unit.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device that has a positional relationship between a plurality of attaching parts and a plurality of actuators of an operation panel that generates local vibration in the operation panel. The electronic device includes a holding member; an operation panel on which a user performs an operation input; a plurality of attaching parts that attach the operation panel to the holding member; a plurality of actuators each of which is provided between adjacent attaching parts among the plurality of attaching parts in plan view and generates vibration in the operation panel; a position detection part that detects a position where the operation input is performed; and a control part that drives at least one of the plurality of actuators in accordance with a position detected by the position detection part.

Abstract: An input device includes a first part and a second part configured to move relative to each other according to an input operation, a magnetic viscous fluid whose viscosity changes according to a magnetic field, and a magnetic-field generator that generates the magnetic field applied to the magnetic viscous fluid. The second part includes a first surface and a second surface that are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction of relative movement between the first part and the second part. Gaps are formed between the first surface and the first part and between the second surface and the first part, and the magnetic viscous fluid is present in at least a part of the gaps.

Abstract: An input device and an input module are provided that vibrate in a direction along the surface of a cantilevered operation unit. The input device includes a fixed member rotatably supporting a rotation shaft, an operation unit having an end rotatably supported by the rotation shaft and being rotatable relative to the fixed member, and a vibrating element that generates vibration of the operation unit in the axial direction of the rotation shaft in response to a rotation operation performed on the operation unit.

Abstract: A switch to be attached to a panel having an opening in a surface includes: a stationary member to be attached to the panel; a movable member to be placed at a distance from the panel, the movable member having a manipulation surface separated from the panel in the opening with a gap intervening between the manipulation surface and the panel, the manipulation surface being exposed from the opening; and a vibration element disposed between the stationary member and the movable member, the vibration element vibrating the movable member.

Abstract: An operation device includes a movable part having an operating surface on which a contact operation is performed by an living body, a vibration exciter attached to the movable part at a position other than the operating surface, and configured to excite the movable part in a first direction along the operating surface, and in a second direction intersecting the operating surface, a base part, and an elastic support, provided between the movable part and the base part, and configured to elastically support the movable part with respect to the base part. The movable part provides a tactile sensation to the living body making the contact operation when excited in the first direction by the vibration exciter, and generates a sound from the operating surface when excited in the second direction by the vibration exciter.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tactile-sensation providing device that reduces the transmission of vibration to the base part. The tactile-sensation providing device has: a vibrating body; a vibration-target object that is elastically connected with the vibrating body and vibrated in accordance with vibration of the vibrating body; and a base part that is elastically connected with the vibration-target object, the tactile-sensation providing device providing a tactile sensation to a living body based on vibration of the vibration-target object, the base part is spaced apart from the vibrating body, and a resonance frequency of a first vibrating system including the base part and the vibration-target object is ? or less of a resonance frequency of a second vibrating system including the vibration-target object and the vibrating body.

Abstract: An input device includes an operation member, an actuator configured to impart a tactile effect to the operation member, and a controller configured to apply, to the actuator, a control signal for starting to apply a first vibration to the operation member at a first timing and for starting to apply a second vibration to the operation member at a second timing after the first timing, such that a combined vibration of the first vibration and the second vibration is applied to the operation member. The controller is configured to change a duration of a first period of the combined vibration to two or more different durations of the first period by changing a control period of time that extends from the first timing to the second timing to two or more different control periods of time.

Abstract: An input device includes a base, an operation panel member, positioned in a first direction when viewed from the base, including an input operation surface, and configured to detect coordinates of an operating position on the input operation surface, an actuator, fixed to the base, and configured to vibrate the operation panel member, N elastic support members, arranged at vertex positions of a polygon shape having N corners and surrounding the actuator when viewed in the first direction, and configured to elastically support the operation panel member on the base, where N is an integer greater than or equal to three, and an elastic cushioning member provided between the actuator and the operation panel member. A spring constant of a combined spring in which the actuator and the elastic cushioning member are coupled in series is aligned to spring constants of the N elastic support members.

Abstract: An input device includes a first part and a second part configured to move relative to each other according to an input operation, a magnetic viscous fluid whose viscosity changes according to a magnetic field, and a magnetic-field generator that generates the magnetic field applied to the magnetic viscous fluid. The second part includes a first surface and a second surface that are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction of relative movement between the first part and the second part. Gaps are formed between the first surface and the first part and between the second surface and the first part, and the magnetic viscous fluid is present in at least a part of the gaps.

Abstract: An electromagnetic drive device includes a permanent magnet attached to a surface of a first yoke facing a second yoke; and first and second excitation coils to generate magnetic flux when being energized. The second yoke includes a base, and a first protruding part protruding from the base toward the first yoke, between the first and second excitation coils. The permanent magnet includes a first region; and second and third regions positioned on respective sides of the first region. The first region is magnetized to be a first pole, and the second region and the third region are magnetized to be second poles. The first region is opposite to the first protruding part, a boundary between the first and second regions is opposite to the first excitation coil, and a boundary between the first and third regions is opposite to the second excitation coil.

Abstract: A vibration generating device includes a housing; a diaphragm supported by the housing, and configured to generate sound by vibrating in a first direction; and a vibration providing part attached to the housing, and configured to vibrate the housing. The vibration providing part vibrates the housing in the first direction at a first frequency, and vibrates the housing in a second direction at a second frequency lower than the first frequency.

Abstract: An input device includes a base, an operation panel member, positioned in a first direction when viewed from the base, including an input operation surface, and configured to detect coordinates of an operating position on the input operation surface, an actuator, fixed to the base, and configured to vibrate the operation panel member, N elastic support members, arranged at vertex positions of a polygon shape having N corners and surrounding the actuator when viewed in the first direction, and configured to elastically support the operation panel member on the base, where N is an integer greater than or equal to three, and an elastic cushioning member provided between the actuator and the operation panel member. A spring constant of a combined spring in which the actuator and the elastic cushioning member are coupled in series is aligned to spring constants of the N elastic support members.

Abstract: An input apparatus includes an operation member supported movably in accordance with a plurality of sections set on a two-dimensional plane, a section detection section configured to detect a section in which the operation member is located, a determination operation detection section configured to detect a determination operation performed using the operation member, and an execution section configured to perform a process corresponding to the section in which the operation member is located on the basis of the section detected by the section detection section and the determination operation detected by the determination operation detection section. The determination operation is movement of the operation member in a determination direction (y1 direction), which is a direction parallel to the two-dimensional plane.

Abstract: An operation device includes a movable portion, a vibration generating unit, a fixed portion, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The vibration generating unit includes a movable yoke attached to the movable portion, and a fixed yoke attached to the fixed portion and disposed facing the movable yoke in a first direction. The vibration generating unit includes a permanent magnet attached to one yoke among the movable yoke and the fixed yoke, both ends of the permanent magnet in the first direction being opposite magnetic poles created by magnetization. The vibration generating unit includes an exciting coil attached to a different yoke from the one yoke among the movable yoke and the fixed yoke, the exciting coil being configured to induce magnetic flux in response to a current flowing through the exciting coil.