HANDHELD DEVICE HAVING LOCALIZED FORCE FEEDBACK

摘要

[0001] An electronic device (100) for performing intelligent operations includes a housing (112), a manually operable input (118, 122) for providing information to the electronic device, and a material (124) positioned between the manually operable input and the housing. An electromechanical transducer (218, 220) has a mechanical connection consisting of to the manually operable input and an electrical connection for receiving power, wherein substantially all of a mechanical output from the electromechanical transducer is provided to the manually operable input, the material preventing the mechanical output from being transmitted from the manually operable input to the housing. An electric circuit (210) is coupled mechanically to the housing and electronically to the electromechanical transducer for driving the electromechanical transducer in response to the intelligent operations so as to cause the electromechanical transducer to generate a tactile response that can be felt by a user through the manually operable input.