Abstract: A fuel cell module has a fuel cell stack, an oxidant gas supply plate, a first off-gas flow channel, a first heat-insulating material and a second heat-insulating material. The oxidant gas supply plate flows an oxidant to be supplied to the fuel cell stack. An off-gas discharged from the fuel cell stack flows through the first off-gas flow channel. The fuel cell stack, the oxidant gas supply plate, and the first off-gas flow channel are located in this order in the normal direction of a main surface of the oxidant gas supply plate. The first heat-insulating material is located adjacent to the first off-gas flow channel in the normal direction. The second heat-insulating material is located outside the first heat-insulating material in the normal direction.

Abstract: A fuel cell module has a fuel cell stack and an oxidant gas supply plate. The fuel cell stack is arranged inside a housing. The oxidant gas supply plate is arranged adjacent to the fuel cell stack within the housing. The oxidant gas supply plate has an inner space. The oxidant gas supply plate is positioned separated away from an inner wall of the housing on the first direction side so that a space on the fuel cell stack side communicates with a space on the side opposite to the fuel cell stack side. The oxidant gas supply plate has a surface facing the fuel cell stack and a surface on the opposite side of the fuel cell stack, both being connected directly or indirectly to the housing.

Abstract: There is provided an input apparatus having a configuration simple enough to be compact and capable of presenting an operator with the same real feeling of pressing as the feeling of operating a push-button switch when the operator operates a pressing-type input unit. The input apparatus includes an input unit which accepts a pressure input; a load detection unit which detects a pressure load to the input unit; a vibration unit which vibrates the input unit; and a control unit which, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined criterion for accepting an input to the input unit, controls driving of the vibration unit so as to generate a floating force on a pressing object pressing the input unit.

Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor configured to detect a touch input, a load detection unit configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit configured to vibrate the touch face, and a control unit configured to adjust a drive signal of the tactile sensation providing unit based on a pushed position when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation.

Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor 11 configured to receive an input, a load detection unit 12 configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face 11a of the touch sensor 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 13 configured to vibrate the touch face 11a, a memory unit 15 configured to store drive signal information for the tactile sensation providing unit 13, and a control unit 16 configured, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit 12 satisfies a standard for providing a tactile sensation, to retrieve the drive signal information from the memory unit 15 and to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit 13 based on the drive signal information such that a button depression sensation is provided one time to a pressing object pressing the touch face 11a.

Abstract: An input apparatus has a touch sensor 11 configured to receive an input, a load detection unit 12 configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face 11a of the touch sensor 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 13 configured to vibrate the touch face 11a, and a control unit 15 configured to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit 13, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit 12 satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation, such that a click sensation is provided to an object (means) pressing the touch face 11a. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the touch sensor.

Abstract: An object display device is disclosed. An object display device includes a display unit, a detection unit and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display an object. The detection unit is configured to detect a location and a load of a pressing to the display unit. The control unit can control a movement of the object based on conditions of first and second pressings.

Abstract: Operability is improved when operating an electronic device with one hand. An electronic device (1) includes a touch sensor on the front surface, a touch sensor on the back surface, and a controller that sets a reference point for screen processing upon detecting an operation on the touch sensor (13) on the back surface and executes screen processing based on the reference point and on input to the touch sensor (12) on the front surface.

Abstract: For providing a tactile sensation regardless of an input position of a user when receiving a pressure at which the tactile sensation is to be provided, The tactile sensation providing apparatus includes: a load detection unit configured to detect a different pressure load depending on a pushed position even when an object presses by a uniform pressure a touch face of a touch sensor to detect a touch input; a tactile sensation providing unit which provides the tactile sensation to the object pressing the touch face of the touch sensor; and a control unit which controls according to the pushed position on the touch face such that the tactile sensation providing unit provides the tactile sensation to the pressing object when the pressing object, applying the uniform pressure, presses any position on the touch face for providing the tactile sensation.

Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor configured to detect a touch input, a load detection unit configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit configured to vibrate the touch face, and a control unit configured to adjust a drive signal of the tactile sensation providing unit based on a pushed position when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation.

Abstract: An input apparatus has a touch sensor 11 configured to detect a touch input, a piezoelectric element 12 mounted on the touch sensor 11, and a control unit 15 configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face 11a of the touch sensor 11 based on an output signal of the piezoelectric element 12 and, when the pressure load detected satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation, to drive the piezoelectric element 12 such that the tactile sensation is provided to an object pressing the touch face 11a.

Abstract: An electronic device can effectively transmit sound even if a force is applied to a panel by an ear. The electronic device includes a panel (10) and a vibration unit (30) that vibrates the panel (10) to generate air-conducted sound and vibration sound that is transmitted through a portion of a human body. The intensity of vibration of the vibration unit (30) changes in accordance with the force applied to the panel (10).

Abstract: An input apparatus has a touch sensor 11 configured to detect a touch input, a piezoelectric element 12 mounted on the touch sensor 11, and a control unit 15 configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face 11a of the touch sensor 11 based on an output signal of the piezoelectric element 12 and, when the pressure load detected satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation, to drive the piezoelectric element 12 such that the tactile sensation is provided to an object pressing the touch face 11a.

Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus capable of providing a constant tactile sensation to a user regardless of a position of a touch input is provided. According to the present invention, the tactile sensation providing apparatus has a touch sensor configured to detect the touch input, a load detection unit configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit configured to vibrate the touch face, and a control unit configured to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit based on a pushed position, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation, such that the tactile sensation is provided to an object pressing the touch face by vibration with certain amplitude independent of the pushed position.

Abstract: An input apparatus has a touch sensor 11 configured to receive an input, a load detection unit 12 configured to detect a pressure load on a touch face 11a of the touch sensor 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 13 configured to vibrate the touch face 11a, and a control unit 15 configured to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit 13, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit 12 satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation, such that a click sensation is provided to an object (means) pressing the touch face 11a. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the touch sensor.

Abstract: An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit and for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that the click sensation is provided to the object, after the input to the input unit is received, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard lower than the predetermined standard for receiving the input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the input unit of a pressure type, which enables a continuous input operation without a feeling of strangeness.

Abstract: An input apparatus has a touch sensor 11 for an input, a load detection unit 12 to detect a pressure load on a touch face 11a of the sensor 11, a tactile sensation providing unit 13 to vibrate the touch face 11a, and a control unit 15 to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit 13, when the detected pressure load satisfies a standard to provide a tactile sensation, to provide a click sensation to an object (means) pressing the touch face 11a. The control unit 15 drives the tactile sensation providing unit 13, when the detected pressure load satisfies the standard after the click sensation is provided in pressing, to provide a release sensation corresponding to the click sensation to the object. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that in operating a push-button switch is provided when an operator operates the touch sensor.

Abstract: An input apparatus has a touch sensor for receiving an input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating the touch face, and a control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a first standard for providing a tactile sensation, for controlling drive of the tactile sensation providing unit such that a click sensation is provided to a pressing object (pressing means) pressing the touch face. The control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a second standard lower than the first standard after the click sensation is provided in pressing, controls drive of the tactile sensation providing unit such that a release sensation corresponding to the click sensation is provided.

Abstract: An object display device is disclosed. An object display device includes a display unit, a detection unit and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display an object. The detection unit is configured to detect a location and a load of a pressing to the display unit. The control unit can control a movement of the object based on conditions of first and second pressings.

Abstract: An input apparatus has a display unit for displaying an input object, an input unit for receiving a pressure input to the input object, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, and a control unit for controlling to receive the pressure input if the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a load standard. The control unit controls such that a load standard for receiving the pressure input to the input object is different from a load standard for receiving a pressure input to another input object adjacent to the input object.