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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Alexander Hunt, Tygelsjö, SE;
Magnus Johansson, Dösjebro, SE;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention presents a mobile electronic device comprising dynamic hardware controls and a method for controlling dynamic hardware controls. The mobile electronic device comprises a pressure sensing film arranged to detect a pressure applied on at least one portion of at least one side of the mobile electronic device and electroactive polymer film with a conductive coating arranged overlaying the pressure sensing film. The electroactive polymer film comprises at least one deformable segment that may be deformed temporarily by the application of a voltage over the at least one deformable segment in the electroactive polymer film, the mobile electronic device further comprises a control unit arranged to control the dynamic hardware controls.