Audio/visual device user interface with tactile feedback
US9201584B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 17, 2012 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/014
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user interface for an audio/visual device includes a touch sensor in which the touch sensor is vibrated by an actuator coupled thereto to provide a user with a virtual texture for a corresponding menu on which the user is provided with the impression that menu item have textures, where the menu may extend about the periphery of a display element so as to at least partially surround a display area in which a visual portion of an audio/visual program may be played and possibly in a manner corresponding to how a surface defined on the touch sensor at least partially surrounds another manually-operable control.
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