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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2008
Tadashi Tanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumisada Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Nagai, Miyagi, JP;
Tadashi Tanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumisada Maeda, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuyuki Nagai, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications Japan, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A user interface device and a PDA include: a transparent panel unit possessing plural layers, each provided with plural transparent deformation sections deformable to a specified shape by injection or discharge of fluid; a fluid channel unit possessing, in common or separately, two transparent fluid channels to inject and to discharge fluid to and from the deformation sections; a fluid pump unit to discharge or suck fluid to and from the fluid channel unit; a display panel unit provided with the transparent panel unit over an upper surface of the display panel unit and possessing a screen surface to display an image; and a controller to control injection and discharge of the fluid to and from the deformation sections of the transparent panel unit, corresponding to an image to be displayed on the screen of the display panel unit. Information can be conveyed tactilely and visually to a user.