Tom Tom International B.v.

Dell Products Inc.

Tomtom Navigation B.v.

Samuel Mark Broadbent

Andrew John Roy Tattersfield

Nicholas Alexander Evans

Pieter Geelen

Priyank Gajiwala

Michiel Knoppert

Thomas Marcus Hinskens

Mark Lee Dempsey

Frank Van Valkenhoef

Jose F Santiago Nunez

Stéphane Hareau

Pieter Andreas Geelen

A haptic keyboard of an information handling system may comprise a coversheet to identify an extended action key of the haptic keyboard, a support layer, a contact foil, and piezoelectric elements placed between the contact foil and support layer to receive an applied mechanical stress at the extended action key and generate an electric actuation signal. A controller may receive the electric actuation signal from a piezoelectric element placed under the mechanical stress, via the contact foil, and determine the level of mechanical stress applied to the piezoelectric element from the electric actuation signal to select an alphanumeric character from a plurality of alphanumeric characters based on the mechanical stress level applied to the extended action key and provide a response haptic feedback control signal to cause the piezoelectric element to generate haptic feedback.

System for extended key actions and haptic feedback and optimized key layout for a solid-state keyboard and touchpad

A haptic keyboard or touchpad of an information handling system comprising a coversheet to identify an extended action key of the haptic keyboard or extended action touchpad, a support layer, a contact foil, and piezoelectric elements placed between the contact foil and support layer to receive an applied mechanical stress at the extended action key or extended action touchpad of the coversheet and generate an electric actuation signal. A controller receive the electric actuation signal from a piezoelectric element placed under the mechanical stress via the contact foil and determine the level of mechanical stress applied to the piezoelectric element from the electric actuation signal to select a function from a plurality of function levels based on the mechanical stress level applied to the extended action key or extended action touchpad and providing a response haptic feedback control signal to cause the piezoelectric element to generate haptic feedback.

A portable information display deviceis disclosed comprising an electronic display modulecomprising a substantially rectangular display screenand an optical elementarranged in front of the electronic display module to form a non-rectangular optical frame extending outside the rectangular display screen. Illuminating meansbehind the optical frame is arranged to illuminate at least one icondefined by the optical element outside the rectangular display screen, and an electronic controllerfor the illuminating means is arranged to selectively illuminate the at least one icon outside the rectangular display screen.

Information display device

A method of providing traffic information is described, together with a device for performing the same. The method comprises determining a location of a mobile device, receiving traffic information, and determining, with respect to a trip database storing information indicative of a personal road network of a user of the mobile device, whether traffic information associated with one or more road segments in the personal network within a predetermined distance of the current location has been received. One or more no-jam events are generated for respective road segments in the personal network for which it is determined that no traffic information has been received.

Methods and apparatus for providing travel information

A method of predicting a destination of a user of a mobile device is described, together with a device for performing the same. The method comprises determining a location of the mobile device, and executing a route search algorithm with respect to a trip data-base. The trip database stores information indicative of a personal road network of a user of the mobile device, one or more road segments in the personal road network being associated with a respective destination location, and cost information associated with road segments in the personal network, the cost information being based, at least in part, on traversal information in the trip database.

Method and apparatus for predicting a destination using a route search algorithm

Vehicle dashboard disk to receive a device mounting apparatus

Mounting apparatus for electronic portable device

Vehicle request device

Electronic portable device

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Amsterdam, Netherlands

Samuel Mark Broadbent