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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Tactus Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Tactus Technology, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K 17/94 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0202 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04809 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for actuating a tactile interface layer of a device that defines a surface with a deformable region, comprising the steps of deforming a deformable region of the surface into a formation tactilely distinguishable from the surface, detecting a force from the user on a deformed deformable region, interpreting the force as a command for the deformable region, and manipulating the deformable region of the surface based on the command.