Patent 10345949 was granted and assigned to Fujitsu Ten on July, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
There is provided an input device. A panel has an input operation surface. A detecting unit detects a user's touch operation on the input operation surface. A vibrating element can vibrate the panel, thereby capable of changing the frictional force of the input operation surface. A panel supporting unit supports the panel such that the panel can move in a direction parallel with or perpendicular to the input operation surface.