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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2014
Tactus Technology, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
Micah B Yairi, Fremont, CA (US);
Radhakrishnan Parthasarathy, Fremont, CA (US);
Tactus Technology, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
One variation of a method for reducing perceived optical distortion of light output through a dynamic tactile interface includes: rendering an image on a digital display coupled to a substrate opposite a tactile layer, the tactile layer defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region, and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region substantially flush with the peripheral region in the retracted setting and offset above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; estimating a viewing position of a user relative to the digital display; transitioning the deformable region from the retracted setting into the expanded setting; and modifying the portion of the image rendered on the digital display according to the estimated viewing position of the user and a profile of the tactile surface across the deformable region in the expanded setting.