Patent 8976139 was granted and assigned to Panasonic on March, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An electronic device 10 includes a casing 14, a display section 12 for displaying information, a touch panel 11 to be touched by the user, a connecting portion 16 for connecting together the casing 14 and the touch panel 11, a vibrating section 13 for vibrating the touch panel 11, and a vibration control section 33 for controlling the vibration of the vibrating section 13. The vibration control section 33 controls the vibration so as to generate a greater vibration when the touch panel 11 is supported only by the connecting portion 16 than when the touch panel 11 is supported by the connecting portion 16 and another point of support other than the connecting portion 16.