Dynamic tactile interface

A dynamic tactile interface, comprising:

• a substrate defining a fluid channel and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid channel;
• a tactile layer comprising a peripheral region and a deformable region, the peripheral region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over the fluid conduit, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region elevated above the peripheral region in the expanded setting;
• a tube comprising a first end fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and constrained relative to the substrate;
• a volume of fluid within the tube;
• an actuator coupled to the tube remote from the first end and configured to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting by winding the tube to displace a portion of the volume of fluid within the tube into the fluid channel;
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• a linear track, wherein the actuator is configured to run along the track parallel to an axis of the tube, and wherein the actuator comprises an output shaft coupled to a second end of the tube opposite the first end.

A dynamic tactile interface, comprising:

• a substrate defining a fluid channel and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid channel;
• a tactile layer comprising a peripheral region and a deformable region, the peripheral region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over the fluid conduit, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region elevated above the peripheral region in the expanded setting;
• a tube comprising a first end fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and constrained relative to the substrate;
• a volume of fluid within the tube;
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• an actuator coupled to the tube remote from the first end and configured to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting by winding the tube to displace a portion of the volume of fluid within the tube into the fluid channel,
• wherein the actuator comprises an output shaft coupled to the tube and configured to rotate in a first direction to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting and to rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction to transition the deformable region from the expanded setting to the retracted setting, and further comprising a static endplate coupled to the substrate and a friction plate coupled to an output shaft of the actuator, wherein the actuary is configured to drive the friction plate into the endplate to lock the tube in a wound position corresponding to the expanded setting.