发明名称 |
Method for actuating a tactile interface layer |
摘要 |
A method for actuating a tactile interface layer of a device that defines a surface with a deformable region, comprising the steps of deforming a deformable region of the surface into a formation tactilely distinguishable from the surface, detecting a force from the user on a deformed deformable region, interpreting the force as a command for the deformable region, and manipulating the deformable region of the surface based on the command. |
申请公布号 |
US9448630(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2016.09.20 |
申请号 |
US201514635304 |
申请日期 |
2015.03.02 |
申请人 |
Tactus Technology, Inc. |
发明人 |
Ciesla Craig M.;Yairi Micah;Saal Nathaniel |
分类号 |
H03K17/94;G06F3/01;G06F3/041;G06F3/044;G06F3/0488;G06F3/02 |
主分类号 |
H03K17/94 |
代理机构 |
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代理人 |
Schox Jeffrey |
主权项 |
1. A method for actuating a tactile interface layer coupled to a device, the tactile interface layer comprising a surface and a substrate, the surface defining a deformable region and a second region adjacent the deformable region, the substrate defining a fluid vessel adjacent the deformable region, the method comprising:
displacing fluid into the fluid vessel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting tactilely distinguishable from the second region and offset above the second region by a first height; at a sensor coupled to the tactile interface layer, detecting a user input which applies a force at the deformable region in the expanded setting; substantially simultaneously, detecting an increase in pressure of fluid in the fluid vessel by a second sensor; in response to the force, displacing fluid out of the fluid vessel to transition the deformable region from the expanded setting offset above the second region by the first height to a second setting offset above the second region by a second height less than the first height, a change in height between the expanded setting and the second setting proportional to the detected increase in pressure. |
地址 |
Hayward CA US |