Method and apparatus for multi-touch tactile touch panel actuator mechanisms

A tactile touch panel comprising:

• a display;
• a substantially transparent piezoelectric layer having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface of the piezoelectric layer is configured to receive inputs, and the second surface of the piezoelectric layer is disposed adjacent to the display;
• and
• a control circuit,
• wherein the piezoelectric layer comprises an array of cells that are individually addressable via electrical wires that directly address each cell of the array of cells, wherein each cell of the array of cells is able to be activated independent of other cells of the array of cells, wherein at least one cell of the array of cells has piezoelectric material that is unique relative to piezoelectric material of other cells of the array of cells, the at least one cell being configured, when activated, to generate a haptic effect that is unique relative to haptic effects that the other cells are configured to generate when the other cells are activated, and
• wherein the control circuit is configured to create multiple asynchronous haptic effects across a surface of the display by individually activating multiple cells of the array of cells.