Dynamic tactile interface

US9430074B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Tactus Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ben Calub · Fremont, US
• Carl Del Rosario · Sunnyvale, US
• Mario Garcia · Fremont, US
• Michael Hammersley · Redwood City, US
• Roman P. Rak · Burns Lake, CA
• Curtis Ray · Fremont, US
• Micah B. Yairi · Fremont, US
• Nathan Knapp · Fremont, US
• Robert Adrian Ray · Fremont, US
• Brandon Miller · Fremont, US
• Kyle Gregory · Fremont, US
• Maxwell Harshorn Shimshak · Fremont, US
• Craig Ciesla · Mountain View, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 24, 2014
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2016
• Expiry date: Nov 24, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G09G2300/0404
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region; a substrate coupled to the peripheral region, a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region, a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit, and a via fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and passing through the back surface; a bladder fluidly coupled to the via and the substrate; a structure adjacent a first side of the bladder; and a platen adjacent a second side of the bladder opposite the first side and compressing the bladder against the structure substantially perpendicular the longitudinal axis of the bladder and substantially parallel the substrate to displace fluid from the bladder and into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting.