Adaptable User Interface and Mechanism for a Portable Electronic Device
First Claim
1. An electronic device having a user interface comprising a capacitive touch sensor and a force sensor coupled to an optical shutter enabled dynamic keypad.
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Abstract
A multimodal electronic device (100) includes a shutter enabled dynamic keypad for presenting one of a plurality of keypad configurations to a user. Each keypad configuration, which is presented by an optical shutter (204) that opens or closes windows or shutters that are geometrically configured as alphanumeric or device keys or symbols. Each keypad configuration, in one embodiment, is limited to those needed for the particular mode of operation of the device (100). The optical shutter (204) is a low-resolution display that presents user actuation targets to a user in a low-resolution key area. As each mode of the device changes, the corresponding keypad configuration presented changes accordingly.
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44 Claims
- 1. An electronic device having a user interface comprising a capacitive touch sensor and a force sensor coupled to an optical shutter enabled dynamic keypad.
- 13. A electronic device, comprising a user interface for receiving a touch input, the user interface comprising a cover layer, a capacitive sensor layer disposed beneath the cover layer, and a segmented optical shutter layer configured to present multiple interface configurations disposed beneath the cover layer.
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36. An electronic device having a user interface comprising a dynamic keypad region, the dynamic keypad region comprising:
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a segmented optical shutter configured to present a plurality of keypad configurations by transitioning segments of the segmented optical shutter from opaque states to translucent states, each keypad configuration comprising a plurality of actuation targets; a capacitive sensor configured to detect proximate position of an object relative to one of the dynamic keypad region or any of the plurality of actuation targets; and a force switch array configured to detect contact with any of one of the dynamic keypad region or any of the plurality of actuation targets. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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