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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Todd Robert Paleczny, Heidelberg, CA;
Arnett Ryan Weber, Burlington, CA;
Perry Allan Faubert, Surrey, CA;
Inventors:
Todd Robert Paleczny, Heidelberg, CA;
Arnett Ryan Weber, Burlington, CA;
Perry Allan Faubert, Surrey, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a piezoelectric actuator arranged to provide tactile feedback to the touch-sensitive display in response to an actuation signal. A pad is disposed in alignment with a force sensor such that depression of the touch-sensitive display causes the force sensor to generate a force signal. A processor configured to receive the force signal and to generate the actuation signal based on the force signal.