Interactive display surfaces
AssigneeTouchwood Labs, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Dworman, Gaurav Asthana, Charles Hart
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Abstract
Touch responsive displays that may be integrated into a wide variety of non-transparent, non-glass surfaces to provide on-demand human computer interfaces that blend with the environment, i.e., remain invisible unless activated, effectively adding digital user interfaces (UI) to non-technology products and surfaces. The interactive display devices are frameless assemblies of a sensor layer, a light layer, and a support layer housing a microcontroller, wherein the device is configured to be positioned beneath a non-transparent surface layer with the sensor layer arranged below the surface layer.
Claims20
An interactive display device having a frameless outer perimeter, a top surface, and a bottom surface, the device comprising:
- a touch sensor layer;
- a light layer comprising a plurality of light elements that extend to the outer perimeter of the interactive display device and are configured to render digital information;
- a substantially transparent insulation layer arranged between the touch sensor and light layers;
- a microcontroller having a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions, a memory storing the computer-executable instructions, and a wireless transceiver circuit in communication with the processor;
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- a support layer arranged beneath the light layer and forming the bottom surface of the device, the support layer providing rigidity to the device and supporting the microcontroller thereon,
- wherein the device is configured to be positioned beneath a non-transparent surface layer with the touch sensor layer arranged below the surface layer.
A method for providing digital information on a non-transparent surface, the method comprising:
- positioning a touch sensor layer of an interactive display device below the non-transparent surface, the interactive display having a frameless outer perimeter and further comprising:
- a light layer comprising a plurality of light elements that extend to the outer perimeter of the interactive display device and are configured to render the digital information,
- a substantially transparent insulation layer arranged between the touch sensor layer and the light layer,
- a microcontroller having a processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions, a memory storing the computer-executable instructions, and a wireless transceiver circuit in communication with the processor, and
- a support layer arranged beneath the light layer and forming a bottom surface of the device, the support layer providing rigidity to the device and comprising a recess configured to accommodate the microcontroller,
- providing the digital information responsive to a touch contact on the non-transparent surface at a position over the touch sensor layer of the device, wherein the processor of the microcontroller is configured to receive signals related to the position and generate responsive output signals corresponding to the digital information to be rendered on the light layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.