Devices and methods for providing localized haptic effects to a display screen

A haptically enabled display device comprising:

• a display screen having a viewing area and a non-viewing area, the display screen comprising a plurality of display components configured for providing a visual display in the viewing area;
• a plurality of haptic actuators secured to the display screen in the non-viewing area;
• and
• at least one processor configured to
• select at least one haptic actuator from among the plurality of haptic actuators,
• determine a haptic control signal configured to activate the at least one haptic actuator in the non-viewing area of the display screen and thereby cause a localized haptic effect at a target location that is a discrete portion of the viewing area of the display screen and cause only substantially tactilely imperceptible haptic effects at locations in the viewing area outside of the target location, and
• transmit the haptic control signal to the at least one haptic actuator to cause the localized haptic effect at the target location.