Touch Sensitive Display Having Tactile Structures
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a touch sensitive display; and
a processor apparatus;
the touch sensitive display comprising;
a visual output portion structured to receive output signals from the processor apparatus and to provide visual output,an input portion structured to provide input to the processor apparatus responsive to touch actuation by a user, anda number of tactile structures that are haptically detectable by the user and are positioned in a particular arrangement; and
the processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory and being structured to provide to the visual output portion a number of output signals that cause the visual output portion to display a plurality of visual elements that are positioned in a predetermined arrangement with respect to the particular arrangement of the tactile structures.
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Abstract
An improved handheld electronic device has a touch sensitive display which comprises a number of elongated tactile structures that are haptically detectable by a user. Various routines executable on the handheld electronic device can cause visual elements to be output in various predetermined arrangements with respect to the arrangement of the tactile structures in order to facilitate input.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a touch sensitive display; and a processor apparatus; the touch sensitive display comprising; a visual output portion structured to receive output signals from the processor apparatus and to provide visual output, an input portion structured to provide input to the processor apparatus responsive to touch actuation by a user, and a number of tactile structures that are haptically detectable by the user and are positioned in a particular arrangement; and the processor apparatus comprising a processor and a memory and being structured to provide to the visual output portion a number of output signals that cause the visual output portion to display a plurality of visual elements that are positioned in a predetermined arrangement with respect to the particular arrangement of the tactile structures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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