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Touch Screen Keyboard With Tactile Feedback, and Associated Method

  • US 20080316180A1
  • Filed: 06/19/2007
  • Published: 12/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An electronic device comprising:

  • a processor apparatus comprising a processor and a storage having stored therein a number of routines executable on the processor;

    a key module having at least one physical key movable between an unactuated position and an actuated position, the at least one physical key in the actuated position being structured to provide a predetermined input to the processor;

    a flexible display module at least partially overlying at least a portion of the key module and being structured to receive output signals from the processor and to responsively depict a virtual key on a portion of the flexible display module disposed at a location overlying the at least one physical key, the portion of the flexible display module being movable between an undeflected position and a deflected position responsive to an actuation force being applied to and removed from the portion of the flexible display module;

    the at least one physical key being in the unactuated position when the portion of the flexible display module is in the undeflected position; and

    the at least one physical key being in the actuated position when the portion of the flexible display module is in the deflected position.

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