Vibrating the surface of an electronic device to raise the perceived height at a depression in the surface
US10620705B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/014
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for detecting, by a computing system, that user input has contacted or is about to contact transparent material at a location of a depression in a planar surface of the transparent material. The computing system vibrates, in response to the computing system detecting that the user input has contacted or is about to contact the transparent material at the location of the depression, the transparent material at the location of the depression using one or more transducers. The computing system ceases the vibration of the transparent material at the location of the depression in response to the computing system determining that criteria for ceasing the vibration has been satisfied.
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