APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, the interactive display comprising;
an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode; and
a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the imaged keypad.
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Abstract
An electronic device including an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode. The interactive display comprises an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at last a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode, and a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the imaged keypad.
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29 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, the interactive display comprising; an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode; and a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the imaged keypad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, the interactive display comprising:
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an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode; and a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the imaged keypad. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of manufacturing an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, comprising the steps of:
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providing an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode; disposing a physical keypad over the image display device, the physical keypad comprising at least one physical key; providing a touchscreen display comprising an opening that corresponds to the at least one physical key; and disposing the touchscreen display over the physical keypad so that the at least one physical key extends through the opening in the touchscreen display when the interactive display is in the interactive mode.
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28. A method of manufacturing an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, comprising the steps of:
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providing an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode, the imaged keypad comprising at least one imaged key; disposing a touchscreen display over the image display device; and disposing a physical keypad over the display device, the physical keypad comprising at least one physical key that corresponds with the at least one imaged key when the interactive display is in the interactive mode.
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29. A method of operating an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, comprising the steps of:
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generating a first control signal instructing the interactive display to switch to the interactive mode; based on the first control signal, providing a user-interactive imaged keypad comprising one or more imaged keys within an image display device of the interactive display; based on the first control signal, providing user access to one or more physical keys that correspond with the one or more imaged keys, the one or more physical keys providing tactile feedback to the user; generating a second control signal instructing the interactive display to switch to the non-interactive mode; based on the second control signal, providing other image data to replace the imaged keypad displayed in the image display device; and based on the second control signal, reducing user access to the one or more physical keys.
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