Method for Actuating a Tactile Interface Layer
AssigneeTactus Technology, Inc.
InventorsCraig Michael Ciesla, Micah B. Yairi, Nathaniel Mark Saal
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Abstract
A method for actuating a tactile interface layer of a device that defines a surface with a deformable region, comprising the steps of deforming a deformable region of the surface into a formation tactilely distinguishable from the surface, detecting a force from the user on a deformed deformable region, interpreting the force as a command for the deformable region, and manipulating the deformable region of the surface based on the command.
Claims27
A method for actuating a tactile interface layer of a device that defines a surface with a deformable region, comprising the steps of:
- deforming the deformable region of the surface into a formation tactilely distinguishable from the surface;
- detecting a force from the user on the deformed deformable region of the surface;
- interpreting the force on the deformable region as a command for the firmness of the deformed deformable region;
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- manipulating the firmness of the deformable region of the surface based on the command.
A method for actuating a tactile interface layer of a device that defines a surface with a first and second deformable region, comprising the steps of:
- deforming the first deformable region of the surface into a formation tactilely distinguishable from the surface;
- detecting a force from the user on the deformed first deformable region of the surface;
- interpreting the force on the first deformable region as a command to undeform the first deformable region and to deform the second deformable region into a formation tactilely distinguishable from the surface;
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- manipulating the first and second deformable regions based on the command.
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