发明名称 |
DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE |
摘要 |
One variation of a dynamic tactile interface for a computing device includes: a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region; a substrate including a transparent base material exhibiting a first optical dispersion characteristic, coupled to the tactile layer at the peripheral region, defining a fluid conduit adjacent the peripheral region and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit; a volume of transparent fluid contained within the fluid channel and the fluid conduit and exhibiting a second optical dispersion characteristic different from the first optical dispersion characteristic; a volume of particulate contained within the transparent base material of the substrate, biased around the fluid conduit, and exhibiting a third optical dispersion characteristic different from the first optical dispersion characteristic; and a displacement device displacing fluid into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting. |
申请公布号 |
US2015077363(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.03.19 |
申请号 |
US201414471842 |
申请日期 |
2014.08.28 |
申请人 |
Tactus Technology, Inc. |
发明人 |
Yairi Micah;DeArmitt Christopher;Hammersley Michael |
分类号 |
G06F3/01;G06F3/041 |
主分类号 |
G06F3/01 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
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主权项 |
1. A dynamic tactile interface for a computing device, comprising:
a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region; a substrate comprising a transparent base material exhibiting a first optical dispersion characteristic, coupled to the tactile layer at the peripheral region, defining a fluid conduit adjacent the peripheral region, and defining a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit; a volume of transparent fluid contained within the fluid channel and the fluid conduit, the volume of transparent fluid exhibiting a second optical dispersion characteristic different from the first optical dispersion characteristic; a volume of particulate contained within the transparent base material of the substrate and biased around the fluid conduit, the volume of particulate exhibiting a third optical dispersion characteristic different from the first optical dispersion characteristic; and a displacement device displacing fluid into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting, the deformable region defining a formation tactilely distinguishable from the peripheral region in the expanded setting. |
地址 |
Fremont CA US |