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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2000
Florian Kehlstadt, Aclens, CH;
Antoine Merminod, Cully, CH;
Baptiste Merminod, Vevey, CH;
Olivier Campiche, Pully, CH;
Julien Piot, Rolle, CH;
Jean-luc Dupraz, Echandens, CH;
Laurent Plancherel, Lausanne, CH;
Guy Tiphane, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Florian Kehlstadt, Aclens, CH;
Antoine Merminod, Cully, CH;
Baptiste Merminod, Vevey, CH;
Olivier Campiche, Pully, CH;
Julien Piot, Rolle, CH;
Jean-Luc Dupraz, Echandens, CH;
Laurent Plancherel, Lausanne, CH;
Guy Tiphane, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Logitech Europe S.A., , CH;
Abstract
The method and system serve to notify the user of an event through a control device. Active notification takes place even when the computer sound and screen are disabled, for example, when in a power saving mode or screen saving mode. Notification may include visual notification, audio notification, vibratory notification, or tactile notification. Tactile notification can also serve to provide a private notification system which will not alert or disturb other people in the vicinity of the user. Such tactile notification can be provided by means of a texture change in the surface of the control device. One way in which this could be done is by raising a plurality of pegs through the surface of a control device to change its texture.