Abstract: A tactile sensation presenting device includes a vibrating element configured to present vibration information, a heater configured to present heat information, and a first heat insulating member disposed between the vibrating element and the heater. The heater is provided above the vibrating element and is provided at a contacting region which can be touched by an operating body.

Abstract: A tactile sensation presenting device includes: a warmth/coldness presenting element configured to present warm/cold information to a presentation area; a vibrating element configured to present vibration information; and a frame made of a thermally insulating material and having an opening portion, wherein with respect to the warmth/coldness presenting element, at least part of the presentation area is exposed from the opening portion of the frame such that an operating part is able to contact the presentation area and surroundings of the exposed area are covered by the frame, wherein the vibration information, which is presented by the vibrating element, is transmitted to the warmth/coldness presenting element, and wherein a tactile sensation, which includes the warm/cold information and the vibration information, is presented to the presentation area.

Abstract: A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes at least one thermal sensation providing element configured to provide a thermal sensation, a vibrating element configured to provide a vibration sensation by causing the at least one thermal sensation providing element to vibrate, a tactile sensation providing region that includes the at least one thermal sensation providing element and in which the thermal sensation is provided to a body part together with the vibration sensation, and a first temperature detector disposed in the tactile sensation providing region and configured to detect a temperature of the body part.

Abstract: A tactile-sensation-reproducing apparatus includes input devices. In each of the input devices, two first operation members and one second operation member project from the case. The input device is operated with the second operation member held with a thumb and the first operation members held with index and middle fingers, respectively, as if an object were held. A control signal is transmitted from a control unit to a motor provided in the case, and reaction forces exerted by the first operation members and the second operation member are applied to the fingers, respectively. The reaction forces applied to the fingers are simulated as a sensation of hardness, softness, or elasticity of the object.

Abstract: A tactile sensation reproduction apparatus including an input device including an operation body that is moved by a finger, a detection member that detects a moved position of the operation body, and a motor that provides a force to the operation body; a control unit; and a display panel that is controlled by the control unit, wherein the display panel displays a simulation image of a hand and a finger and a simulation image of an object to be touched by a hand or a finger, and wherein upon detecting that the operation body is pressed by a finger by a detection signal from the detection member, the control unit controls an output of the motor such that a force that stimulates the reaction force in accordance with the moved distance of the operation body is applied to the hand or the finger from the operation body.