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Method for actuating a tactile interface layer

US8970403B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Tactus Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Craig Ciesla · Mountain View, US
Micah B. Yairi · Fremont, US
Nathaniel Mark Saal · Palo Alto, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 19, 2011
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04809
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

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.

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