PERCEIVABLE FEEDBACK
First Claim
1. A device including a touch sensitive arrangement, comprising;
- a touch-surface configured to be operatively actuated and to operatively receive a touch from a user of the device;
an actuator arrangement configured to operatively actuate at least a portion of the touch-surface,a control arrangement configured to operatively detect the touch via the touch-surface and to operatively control the actuator, wherein;
the actuator arrangement includes an electroactive polymer arrangement configured to be operatively actuated by the control arrangement to actuate the touch-surface to provide a perceivable feedback to the user in response to the detected touch.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a portable device and a method for using such a device, which device includes a touch sensitive arrangement comprising: a touch-surface arranged to be operatively actuated and to operatively receive touches from a user of the device, an actuator arrangement arranged to operatively actuate at least a part of the touch-surface, a control arrangement arranged to operatively detect touches on the touch-surface and to operatively control the actuator to actuate the touch-surface so as to provide a perceivable feedback to the user as a response to a detected touch. The actuator arrangement may include an electroactive polymer arrangement arranged to be operatively actuated by the control arrangement so as to actuate the touch-surface for providing a perceivable feedback to the user as a response to a detected touch.
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16 Claims
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1. A device including a touch sensitive arrangement, comprising;
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a touch-surface configured to be operatively actuated and to operatively receive a touch from a user of the device; an actuator arrangement configured to operatively actuate at least a portion of the touch-surface, a control arrangement configured to operatively detect the touch via the touch-surface and to operatively control the actuator, wherein; the actuator arrangement includes an electroactive polymer arrangement configured to be operatively actuated by the control arrangement to actuate the touch-surface to provide a perceivable feedback to the user in response to the detected touch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a device including a touch sensitive arrangement, a method comprising:
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receiving a touch from a user of the device via a touch-surface, wherein at least a portion of the touch-surface is configured to be actuated by an actuator arrangement; detecting, by a control arrangement, the touch on the touch-surface; controlling, by the control arrangement, the actuator to actuate the touch-surface; and providing a perceivable feedback to the user in response to the detected touch, wherein the actuator arrangement includes an electroactive polymer arrangement configured to be operatively actuated by the control arrangement to actuate the touch-surface to provide perceivable feedback to the user in response to the detected touch. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable storage device executable in a portable device, the computer-readable storage device comprising:
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instructions to; receive a touch from a user of the device via a touch-surface, wherein at least a portion of the touch-surface is configured to be actuated by an actuator arrangement; detect, by a control arrangement, the touch on the touch-surface; control, by the control arrangement, the actuator to actuate the touch-surface; and provide a perceivable feedback to the user in response to the detected touch, wherein the actuator arrangement includes an electroactive polymer arrangement configured to be operatively actuated by the control arrangement to actuate the touch-surface to provide perceivable feedback to the user in response to the detected touch.
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16. A computer program element having a program recorded thereon, where the program is to make a portable device to execute, when said program is loaded in the portable device, comprising:
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a touch-surface arranged to be operatively actuated and to operatively receive touches from a user of the device; an actuator arrangement arranged to operatively actuate at least a part of said touch-surface; a control arrangement arranged to operatively detect a touch on said touch-surface and to operatively control the actuator to actuate said touch-surface so as to provide a perceivable feedback to the user as a response to a detected touch, wherein said actuator arrangement comprises an electroactive polymer arrangement arranged to be operatively actuated by said control arrangement so as to actuate said touch-surface for providing a perceivable feedback to the user as a response to a detected touch, the steps of; detecting a touch on the touch-surface, actuating the electroactive polymer arrangement comprised by the actuator arrangement so as to provide a perceivable feedback from the touch-surface to the user as a response to a detected touch.
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Specification