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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2007
James William Schlosser, Spokane, WA (US);
Cody George Peterson, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);
Andrew Huska, Post Falls, ID (US);
James William Schlosser, Spokane, WA (US);
Cody George Peterson, Coeur d'Alene, ID (US);
Andrew Huska, Post Falls, ID (US);
Pacinian Corporation, Spokane, WA (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments provide keyboards that utilize electrically-deformable material as an actuating mechanism to provide haptic feedback to a user of the keyboard. In at least some embodiments, the electrically-deformable material is utilized to impart, to a depressed key or keyboard element, a multi-vectored movement that produces a perceived acceleration of the key or keyboard element thus providing a user with haptic feedback which simulates a snapover movement.