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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 14, 2014
Applicant:

Tactus Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Inventors:

Craig Michael Ciesla, Fremont, CA (US);

Micah B. Yairi, Fremont, CA (US);

Nathaniel Mark Saal, Fremont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Tactus Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0489 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/04895 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04809 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a user interface system that includes a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid within the fluid vessel, a displacement device that influences the volume of the fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and contract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, and a sensor system that is configured to receive a user input on the surface with a first sensitivity and configured to receive a user input substantially proximal to the particular region of the surface at with second sensitivity higher than the first sensitivity.


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