Apparatus and method for interactive display with tactile feedback
AssigneeTactile Displays, LLC
InventorR. O'Neal Gray
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Abstract
An electronic device including an interactive display having a first mode and a second mode. The interactive display includes an image display device that displays a first user-interactive imaged keypad when the interactive display is in the first mode, and that displays a second user-interactive imaged keypad when the interactive display is in the second mode, and a substantially transparent keypad including physical keys permanently formed within the display so that the keypad provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the first and second imaged keypads.
Claims5
An electronic device comprising:
- an interactive display having a first mode and a second mode, the interactive display comprising:
- an image display device that displays a first user-interactive imaged keypad when the interactive display is in the first mode, and that displays a second user-interactive imaged keypad when the interactive display is in the second mode;
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- a substantially transparent keypad comprising physical keys permanently formed within the display so that the substantially transparent keypad provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the first and second imaged keypads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.