US 2014/0152611 A1 · USER INTERFACE

Abstract

One variation of a user interface includes: a substrate defining a fluid channel fluidly coupled to a cavity and including a linear segment parallel to a first direction; a tactile layer including a tactile surface, a deformable region cooperating with the substrate to define the cavity, and an peripheral region coupled to the substrate proximal a perimeter of the cavity; a displacement device coupled to the fluid channel and configured to displace fluid through the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting, the deformable region tactilely distinguishable from the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a display coupled to the substrate and including a set of pixels arranged in a linear pixel pattern parallel to a second direction nonparallel with the first direction; and a sensor coupled to the substrate and configured to detect an input on the tactile surface.

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Dependent claims

A user interface comprising:

a substrate defining a fluid channel fluidly coupled to a cavity, the fluid channel comprising a linear segment parallel to a first direction;
a tactile layer comprising a tactile surface, a deformable region cooperating with the substrate to define the cavity, and an peripheral region coupled to the substrate proximal a perimeter of the cavity;
a displacement device coupled to the fluid channel and configured to displace fluid through the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting, the tactile surface at the deformable region tactilely distinguishable from the tactile surface at the peripheral region in the expanded setting;
a display coupled to the substrate and comprising a set of pixels arranged in a linear pixel pattern parallel to a second direction, the second direction nonparallel with the first direction;
and
a sensor coupled to the substrate and configured to detect an input on the tactile surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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