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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2014
Tactus Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Micah B Yairi, San Carlos, CA (US);
Craig Ciesla, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nathaniel Mark Saal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Curtis Ray, Alamo, CA (US);
Michael Hammersley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Brandon Miller, Alameda, CA (US);
Ben Calub, Hayward, CA (US);
Carl Del Rosario, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mario Garcia, Fremont, CA (US);
Ron Menigoz, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David Krevor, San Carlos, CA (US);
Jonathan Jenkins, San Francisco, CA (US);
Tactus Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting.