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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2012
David L. Schuler, Ashland, MA (US);
John Michael Sakalowsky, West Newton, MA (US);
Santiago Carvajal, Ashland, MA (US);
David L. Schuler, Ashland, MA (US);
John Michael Sakalowsky, West Newton, MA (US);
Santiago Carvajal, Ashland, MA (US);
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
A user interface for an audio/visual device includes a touch sensor in which the touch sensor is vibrated by an actuator coupled thereto to provide a user with a virtual texture for a corresponding menu on which the user is provided with the impression that menu item have textures, where the menu may extend about the periphery of a display element so as to at least partially surround a display area in which a visual portion of an audio/visual program may be played and possibly in a manner corresponding to how a surface defined on the touch sensor at least partially surrounds another manually-operable control.