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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2010
Craig Michael Ciesla, Mountain View, CA (US);
Micah B Yairi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nathaniel Mark Saal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Craig Michael Ciesla, Mountain View, CA (US);
Micah B Yairi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Nathaniel Mark Saal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Tactus Technologies, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
A method adjusting a user interface experience for a device that includes providing a user interface to retrieve a user input, providing a tactile interface layer that defines a surface and includes a volume of fluid and a displacement devicethat manipulates the volume of fluid to deform a particular region of the surface into a tactilely distinguishable formation retrieving a user preference between a first type, location, and/or timing and a second embodiment, location, and/or timing through the user interface, and manipulating the volume of fluid to deform a particular region of the surface into a tactilely distinguishable formation of one of the first and second type, location, and/or timing is disclosed.