Method for manufacturing an actuator switch
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorMasaaki Fukumoto
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Abstract
A method of making an actuator switch is disclosed. One method including: receiving a threshold amount of pressure on a top surface of a flexible film; in response to receiving the threshold amount of pressure, contacting a first electrode with a second electrode; in response to receiving the threshold amount of pressure, generating i) a first capacitive connection between a row electrode and the second electrode and ii) a second capacitive connection between a column electrode and the second electrode; in response to the first electrode contacting the second electrode, generating, by a piezoelectric actuator, haptic feedback; and in response to the generating the first capacitive connection and the second capacitive connection, providing an input detection signal.
Claims12
A method of making an actuator switch, the actuator switch configured to:
- receiving a threshold amount of pressure on a top surface of a flexible film;
- in response to receiving the threshold amount of pressure, contacting a first electrode with a second electrode;
- in response to receiving the threshold amount of pressure, generating i) a first capacitive connection between a row electrode and the second electrode and ii) a second capacitive connection between a column electrode and the second electrode;
- in response to the first electrode contacting the second electrode, generating, by a piezoelectric actuator, haptic feedback;
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- in response to the generating the first capacitive connection and the second capacitive connection, providing an input detection signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.