Device and method for providing tactile information
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorZoran Radivojevic
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Abstract
A user interface comprising a display arranged to display visual content and a tactile surface arranged to convey a tactile representation, wherein said tactile representation is based on said visual content. This has the advantage of enabling a user to perceive content being displayed to him with less cognitive effort.
Claims19
A user interface comprising a display arranged to display visual content and a tactile surface arranged to convey a tactile representation,
- wherein said tactile representation is based on said visual content,
- wherein said display is arranged on a front side of said user interface and said tactile surface is arranged on a back side of said user interface opposite to said front side of said user interface, wherein said tactile surface comprises a plurality of vibrator elements, and wherein said vibrator elements are piezoelectric elements,
- wherein the visual content comprises a displayed and
- wherein the tactile representation comprises a vibrating silhouette of the displayed object.
A method for providing a tactile representation of a visual content on a display comprising associating a tactile surface with said visual content wherein said display is arranged on a front side of a device and said tactile surface is arranged on a back side of said device opposite to the front side of said device,
- wherein said tactile surface comprises a plurality of vibrator elements, and wherein said vibrator elements are piezoelectric elements,
- wherein the visual content comprises a displayed object and the tactile representation comprises a vibrating silhouette of the displayed object.
A method according to 14, wherein said activated vibrator element is indicative of a next action.
A method according to 10, wherein said plurality of vibrator elements form a tactile surface and said method further comprising receiving a touch command through said tactile surface.
A method according to 10, wherein said level of illumination is dependent on at least one of color and an intensity of said at least one pixel.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including at least computer program code for controlling a user interface comprising a display and a tactile surface, said computer readable medium comprising software code for conveying a tactile representation of said visual content on said tactile surface and wherein said display is arranged on a front side of said user interface and said tactile surface is arranged on a back side of said user interface opposite to the front side of said user interface,
- wherein said tactile surface comprises a plurality of vibrator elements, and wherein said vibrator elements are piezoelectric elements,
- wherein the visual content comprises a displayed object and the tactile representation comprises a vibrating silhouette of the displayed object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.