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Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Apple Inc, Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Samuel C. White, San Jose, CA (US);

Darren C. Minifie, Cupertino, CA (US);

Christopher B. Fleizach, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G09B 21/003 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04805 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device in communication with a haptic feedback device that includes a touch-sensitive surface sends instructions to the haptic display to display a document with multiple characters. A respective character is displayed at a respective character size. While the haptic display is displaying the document, the device receives an input that corresponds to a finger contact at a first location on the haptic display. In response to receiving the input, the device associates a first cursor position with the first location, determines a first character in the plurality of characters adjacent to the first cursor position, and sends instructions to the haptic display to output a Braille character, at the first location, that corresponds to the first character. A respective Braille character is output on the haptic display at a respective Braille character size that is larger than the corresponding displayed character size.


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