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US 2011/0234498 A1Published application
Interactive display with tactile feedback
AssigneeTactile Displays, LLC
InventorR. O'Neal Gray
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Abstract
An electronic device including a housing having a first surface and a second surface, and an interactive display having a keyboard-enabled mode and a keyboard-disabled mode. The interactive display includes a first image display device disposed at the first surface that displays image data, and a physical keypad disposed at the second surface that provides tactile feedback to a user only when the interactive display is in the keyboard-enabled mode, the physical keypad being substantially smooth when the interactive display is in the keyboard-disabled mode.
Claims16
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing comprising a first surface and a second surface;
- an interactive display having a keyboard-enabled mode and a keyboard-disabled mode, the interactive display comprising:
- a first image display device disposed at the first surface that displays image data;
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- a physical keypad disposed at the second surface that provides tactile feedback to a user only when the interactive display is in the keyboard-enabled mode, the physical keypad being substantially smooth when the interactive display is in the keyboard-disabled mode.
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