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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Satoshi Nakajima, Redmond, WA (US);
Satoshi Nakajima, Redmond, WA (US);
UI Evolution, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
A tactile display layer is provided on a back side of a flexible visual display layer of a display to facilitate selective tactile pushing against different portions of the flexible visual display layer. In one embodiment, the display further includes a sensor circuit to sense user touching of activated ones of tactile pistons of the tactile display layer. In one embodiment, the display further includes a transparent touch sensitive layer disposed on a viewing side of the flexible visual display layer, with its effective touch sensitive area limited to a perimeter area surrounding the effective area of the tactile display layer.