Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processing device with operation panel responding by vibration
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Application No.: US15378812Application Date: 2016-12-14
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Publication No.: US10069987B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Mineo Yamamoto , Isao Watanabe , Toshikazu Higashi , Hiroshi Yamaguchi
- Applicant: Konica Minolta, Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
- Agency: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
- Priority: JP2015-244359 20151215
- Main IPC: G06K15/00
- IPC: G06K15/00 ; H04N1/00 ; G06F3/01

Abstract:
A touch panel has a display region for an operation screen and senses an outer object touching the display region. A vibrator unit applies vibration to the display region. In response to the touch panel sensing the object, a response controller unit instructs the vibrator unit to apply to the display region vibration responsive to the object. The response controller unit checks whether an image processing unit is under waiting or operating condition at the time the touch panel senses the object, and when the image processing unit is under the operating condition, sets the responsive vibration to a level lower than when the image processing unit is under the waiting condition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170171406A1 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE WITH OPERATION PANEL RESPONDING BY VIBRATION Public/Granted day:2017-06-15
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