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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2010
Applicants:
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Paul Futter, Cary, NC (US);
Leland Scott Bloebaum, Cary, NC (US);
Inventors:
William O. Camp, Jr., Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Paul Futter, Cary, NC (US);
Leland Scott Bloebaum, Cary, NC (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications AB, Lund, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/043 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electronic device has a display, a controller, and a pair of haptic transducers connected to the display. The controller configures the haptic transducers to momentarily vibrate the display. A pair of sensors disposed on the display detects variations caused by the user touch in the vibrations. Based on an analysis of these variations, the controller can determine the location of the user touch on the touch-sensitive display.