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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2021
Sensel, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Ilya Daniel Rosenberg, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
John Aaron Zarraga, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James Junus, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Darren Lochun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tomer Moscovich, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shuangming Li, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Alexander Grau, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sensel, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
One variation of a system includes: a frame; a sensor module; and a controller. The frame includes: a base structure that locates a display defining a front face of a device; and a lateral frame structure extending along and adjacent an edge of the display and supported on a side of the base structure. The base structure and the lateral frame structure cooperate to define a channel arranged behind the display and extending longitudinally between the lateral frame structure and the side of the base structure. The sensor module is arranged in the channel and includes: a substrate; and a linear array of sensors arranged on the substrate and outputting sense signals representing local deflections of the lateral frame structure. The controller detects locations and force magnitudes of side inputs on the device, proximal the edge of the display, based on sense signals output by the linear array of sensors.