Electronic device with an interactive pressure sensitive multi-touch display

• US 10,191,652 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2017
• Issued: 01/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Haptic Synergy LLC (Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners LLC)
• Original Assignee: HJ Laboratories, LLC
• Inventors: Vartanian, Harry, Jurikson-Rhodes, Jaron
• Primary Examiner(s): Haley, Joseph R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Frank, Emily J
• Application Number:
  US15/694,930
• Publication Number:
  US 20170364256A1
• Time in Patent Office: 512 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04102 Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04809 Textured surface identifying touch areas, e.g. overlay structure for a virtual keyboard
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3208 organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED]
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/85 characterised by tactile feedback features
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2215/05 electromechanical
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2215/052 piezoelectric
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2217/006 : Different feeling for different switch sites
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2217/038 : Prompting
• CPC Class Codes: H03K 17/9643 : using a plurality of detectors, e.g. keyboard

Abstract

An information view may be displayed on a multi-touch display based on a touch input and based on detected pressure and a depth from a three dimensional touch input on a displayed image on the multi-touch display.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

a processor configured to cause display, on a multi-touch display, of an information view based on a touch input and based on detected pressure and a depth from a three dimensional touch input on a displayed image on a display area of the multi-touch display;

the processor configured to cause display of a detailed view of the information view based on further depth by a push on the display area and a component proximate to the multi-touch display; and

the processor and the multi-touch display configured to determine a pinch input on the displayed image and the displayed image is responsive to the pinch input.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein a vibration or haptic feedback is given in relation to the push.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the multi-touch display is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the push on the displayed image is received by the electronic device on a dedicated pressure sensitive touch display area, wherein the electronic device comprises the dedicated pressure sensitive touch display area and a substantially proximate multi-touch display area.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein additional information related to the image is retrieved via a network based on the push.

6. An electronic device comprising:

a processor configured to cause display, on a multi-touch display, of an information view based on a touch input and based on detected pressure by a pressure sensor and a depth from a three dimensional touch input on a displayed image on a display area of the multi-touch display, wherein the detected pressure is based on a potential difference;

the processor configured to cause display of a detailed view of the information view based on further depth by a push on the display area; and

the processor and the multi-touch display configured to determine a pinch input on the displayed image and the displayed image is responsive to the pinch input.

7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein a vibration or haptic feedback is given in relation to the push.

8. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the multi-touch display is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display.

9. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein additional information related to the image is retrieved via a network based on the push.

10. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying, by the electronic device on a multi-touch display, an information view based on a touch input and based on detecting pressure and a depth from a three dimensional touch input on a displayed image on a display area of the multi-touch display;

displaying, by a processor of the electronic device, a detailed view of the information view based on further depth by a push on the display area and a component proximate to the multi-touch display; and

determining, by the electronic device, a pinch input on the displayed image and the displayed image is responsive to the pinch input.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein a vibration or haptic feedback is given in relation to the push.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the multi-touch display is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the push on the displayed image is received by the electronic device on a dedicated pressure sensitive touch display area, wherein the electronic device comprises the dedicated pressure sensitive touch display area and a substantially proximate multi-touch display area.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein additional information related to the image is retrieved via a network based on the push.

15. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying, by the electronic device on a multi-touch display, an information view based on a touch input and based on detecting pressure by a pressure sensor and a depth from a three dimensional touch input on a displayed image on a display area of the multi-touch display, wherein the detecting pressure is based on a potential difference;

displaying, by a processor of the electronic device, a detailed view of the information view based on further depth by a push on the display area; and

determining, by the electronic device, a pinch input on the displayed image and the displayed image is responsive to the pinch input.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein a vibration or haptic feedback is given in relation to the push.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the multi-touch display is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein additional information related to the image is retrieved via a network based on the push.