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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Eliyahu Barel, Rosh-HaAyin, IL;
Ahia Peretz, Elkana, IL;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Keyboard and trackpad configurations and related methods utilize data from one or more bending sensors to adjust a driving signal for a haptic actuator on a haptic trackpad. In one example, a method for adjusting a driving signal for a haptic actuator on a force-sensing haptic trackpad in a deformable keyboard includes using at least data from a bending sensor to determine that the keyboard is bending. At least on condition of determining that the keyboard is bending, the method includes using the data from the bending sensor to adjust an initial haptic driving signal to an adjusted haptic driving signal. The haptic actuator is driven with the adjusted driving signal to generate haptic output via a touch receiving surface of the force-sensing haptic trackpad.