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US 2025/0093966 A1Published application
Customizable Human Interface Device
AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
InventorsAndy Tuan Hang, Liam Fox
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Abstract
A device can include an elastic membrane; an array that includes translatable elements extendable to elastically deform the elastic membrane to form a customizable arrangement of discrete keys; and sensor circuitry that senses actuation of each of the discrete keys.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- an elastic membrane;
- an array that comprises translatable elements extendable to elastically deform the elastic membrane to form a customizable arrangement of discrete keys;
- and
- sensor circuitry that senses actuation of each of the discrete keys.
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A method comprising:
- receiving input to form a customized arrangement of discrete keys from a plurality of different customized arrangements of discrete keys;
- responsive to the input, extending some translatable elements of an array to form the customized arrangement of discrete keys, wherein some other translatable elements of the array are not extended;
- sensing one or more touches of one or more of the discrete keys;
- and
- responsive to the sensing, outputting a signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.