PRESSING FEELING GENERATING STRUCTURE IN TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH PANEL, INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND FEELING GENERATING SHEET

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pressing feeling generating structure capable of adding a feeling of pressing a switch to the top surface of a touch panel as necessary.;SOLUTION: A pressing feeling generating structure 10 includes: feeling generation position control means 1 for determining a pressing feeling generation position in accordance with a display position of an operation area displayed on a touch panel 9; and a feeling generating sheet 4 on which the occurrence of a pressing feeling is realized at a position controlled in response to control by the feeling generation position control means 1. The feeling generating sheet 4 is provided on a display surface 8 of the touch panel 9 and includes a space formation mechanism 5 for generating an elastic space 6 in a target area between the outermost surface of the feeling generating sheet 4 and the display surface 8 at the controlled position in accordance with the control by the feeling generation position control means 1.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT