Haptic arrangement of a multiple part electronic device
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsSakari Soini, Kimmo Laakkonen
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Abstract
A multiple part electronic device is disclosed, the device comprising a first housing portion, a second housing portion, a connecting element that mechanically couples the first housing portion to the second housing portion, and a haptic element configured to induce a haptic effect arranged in at least one of the first housing portion or the second housing portion. The haptic element is in direct contact with the connecting element. The connecting element is a haptics guiding element configured to transmit the haptic effect between the first housing portion and the second housing portion.
Claims20
A multiple part electronic device, comprising:
- a first housing portion;
- a second housing portion;
- a connecting element that mechanically couples the first housing portion to the second housing portion;
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- a haptic element configured to induce a haptic effect in both the first and the second housing portions, wherein the haptic element is arranged in at least one of the first housing portion or the second housing portion, the haptic element being separate from, and in contact with, the connecting element, wherein said connecting element is a haptics guiding element configured to transmit the haptic effect between the first housing portion and the second housing portion.
A method for transmitting haptic feedback between portions in a multiple part electronic device, the device comprising a first housing portion, a second housing portion, a connecting element that mechanically couples the first housing portion to the second housing portion, and a haptic element configured to induce a haptic effect in both the first and the second housing portions, wherein the haptic element is arranged in at least one of the first housing portion or the second housing portion, the haptic element being separate from, and in contact with, the connecting element, the method comprising operations of:
- inducing a haptic effect in the haptic element, and
- transmitting the haptic effect induced by the haptic element via the connecting element between the first housing portion and the second housing portion.
A two-part electronic device, comprising:
- a first housing portion;
- a second housing portion;
- a touch sensitive display arranged in at least one of the first housing portion and the second housing portion;
- a hinge element that mechanically couples the first housing portion to the second housing portion for rotational movement about at least one rotation axis;
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- a vibrating element arranged in the first housing portion, the vibrating element being separate from, in direct contact with, and fixedly attached to the hinge element, said vibrating element being configured to induce vibration of a frequency constituting a haptic feedback in both the first and the second housing portions,
- wherein said hinge element includes a vibration guiding element configured to transmit the vibration from the vibrating element located in the first housing portion to the second housing portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.