Display with localized haptic response
AssigneeFca US LLC
InventorsRoss S Maunders, Mark E Stout, II
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Abstract
In at least some implementations, a screen assembly, includes a screen, an internal structure, an isolating material and an actuator. The screen has an outer surface and an input area, and the internal structure is behind the outer surface and defines part of a chamber behind the input area. The isolating material is within the chamber, and the actuator is behind the screen and arranged to provide haptic output to the input area. The isolating material damps the haptic output to reduce transmission of the haptic output to portions of the screen outside of the input area.
Claims20
A screen assembly, including:
- a screen including an outer surface and an input area including multiple inputs;
- an internal structure behind the outer surface and defining part of multiple chambers spaced apart behind the input area, wherein the multiple chambers are each defined by separate voids behind the input area and each of the multiple chambers is aligned with a respective one of the multiple inputs;
- an isolating material within the multiple chambers;
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- an actuator behind the screen and arranged to provide haptic output to the input area, wherein the actuator is electrically driven and associated with one of the multiple inputs, and the isolating material damps the haptic output to reduce transmission of the haptic output to portions of the screen outside of the area of said one of the multiple inputs.
A screen assembly, including:
- a screen including an outer surface and an input area having an input that defines part of the input area;
- an internal structure behind the outer surface and defining part of a chamber behind the input, the internal structure supporting electronics operable to provide an image on the screen;
- an isolating material within the chamber and engaged with the input;
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- an electrically driven actuator behind the screen and arranged to provide haptic output to the input, wherein the isolating material damps the haptic output to reduce transmission of the haptic output to portions of the screen outside of the input, wherein either:
- 1) the input includes an area of the screen that is thinner than adjacent areas of the screen;
- or 2) the input includes a button, the screen includes an opening, and the button is located behind the screen and the screen overlaps an upper surface of the button.
A screen assembly, including:
- a screen including an outer surface and an input area;
- an internal structure behind the outer surface and defining part of a chamber behind the input area, the internal structure supporting electronics operable to provide an image on the screen;
- an isolating material within the chamber and engaged with the screen;
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- an actuator behind the screen and arranged to provide haptic output to the input area, wherein the isolating material damps the haptic output to reduce transmission of the haptic output to portions of the screen outside of the input area, wherein either:
- 1) the input area includes a thinner area of the screen;
- or 2) the input area includes a button, the screen includes an opening, and the button is located behind the screen and the screen overlaps an upper surface of the button, and wherein the screen overlaps all of a side surface of the button that extends between the upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and the chamber is defined in part by a bore and a counterbore formed in one or both of the screen and the internal structure, and the counterbore is larger than the bore and the button is received within the counterbore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.