Electronic device including touch-sensitive display
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsAndrew Ashraf Fergusson, Bradley James Laflamme, Rene Pierre Marchand
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a base, a touch-sensitive display moveable relative to the base, piezo actuators disposed between the base and the touch-sensitive display, the piezo actuators including a first piezo actuator and a second piezo actuator spaced from the first piezo actuator, and a controller configured to control the piezo actuators to alternately actuate the first piezo actuator and the second piezo actuator and apply forces to the touch-sensitive display, thereby causing the touch-sensitive display to pivot relative to the base.
Claims7
An electronic device comprising:
- a base;
- a touch-sensitive display moveable relative to the base;
- a frame coupled to the base and framing the touch-sensitive display such that the touch-sensitive display is disposed between a portion of the frame and the base;
- piezo actuators disposed between the base and the touch-sensitive display, the piezo actuators including a first piezo actuator and a second piezo actuator spaced from the first piezo actuator such that the first piezo actuator is disposed on a first side of a centerline of the touch-sensitive display and the second piezo actuator is disposed on a second side of the centerline of the touch-sensitive display, wherein the first side is opposite the second side;
- a biasing element disposed between the frame and the touch-sensitive display to bias the touch-sensitive display away from the frame and toward the base;
- a controller configured to control the piezo actuators to alternately actuate the first piezo actuator and the second piezo actuator to alternately apply forces to the first side of the touch-sensitive display and to the second side of the touch-sensitive display in a direction away from the base, opposing the bias by the biasing element, by charging the first piezo actuator while discharging the second piezo actuator followed by discharging the first piezo actuator while charging the second piezo actuator, thereby causing the touch-sensitive display to pivot relative to the base, and causing vibration of the portable electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.