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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Motorola Solutions, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Inventors:
Steven John Kerr, Penang, MY;
Mohd Wardi Iswali Aihsan, Kedah, MY;
Assignee:
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing tactile feedback to a rotary knob is provided herein. During operation a rotary knob will have a surface pattern that will change smoothly from one pattern to another based on device functions currently being controlled by the rotary knob. So, for example, when the rotary knob is controlling a volume function, the surface will have a first textured pattern, and when the rotary knob is controlling a channel function, the surface will have a second, differing, textured pattern.