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US 11,122,173 B2Granted
Image forming apparatus and electronic device including a structurally isolated vibrating user interface
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHwi-kyeong An, Sung-weon Song
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Abstract
An electronic device having a display includes a base connected to a part of a main body of the electronic device, the display configured to receive a touch input and integrally formed with at least one support, and at least one vibrator arranged on the display to vibrate the display in accordance with the touch input, wherein the display is apart from the base in a portion excluding the support.
Claims20
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a user interface including:
- a display including:
- a touch screen to receive a touch input on a front side of the touch screen, and a frame fixed to a rear side of the touch screen;
- a base, connectable to the main body of the electronic apparatus, having an edge portion that surrounds a side portion of the display and which is spaced apart from the side portion of the display in a direction perpendicular to a front-to-rear direction of the display;
- a buffering member, disposed on an inner side surface of the edge portion between the edge portion of the base and the side portion of the display and spaced apart from the side portion of the display in the direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction of the display, to prevent the side portion of the display from contacting the edge portion of the base when the display moves in the direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction of the display;
- a vibrator provided on the display and to induce vibrations on the display based on the received touch input;
- and
- a support connecting the base to the display so that the display is structurally isolated from the base except for being connected by the support, to thereby reduce a transfer of the vibrations on the display to the base.
7 more elements
An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- a main body;
- and
- a user interface including:
- a display including:
- a touch screen to receive a touch input on a front side of the touch screen, and a frame fixed to a rear side of the touch screen;
- a base, connectable to the main body of the image forming apparatus, having an edge portion that surrounds a side portion of the display and which is spaced apart from the side portion of the display in a direction perpendicular to a front-to-rear direction of the display;
- a buffering member, disposed on an inner side surface of the edge portion between the edge portion of the base and the side portion of the display and spaced apart from the side portion of the display in the direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction of the display, to prevent the side portion of the display from contacting the edge portion of the base when the display moves in the direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction of the display;
- a vibrator fixed to the display and to induce vibrations on the display based on the received touch input;
- and
- a plurality of supports separably connecting the base to the display so that the display is structurally isolated from the base except for being connected by the plurality of supports, to thereby reduce a transfer of the vibrations on the display to the base.
7 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.