User Interface System
First Claim
1. A user interface system for receiving a user input comprising:
- a tactile layer including a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid within the fluid vessel, and a displacement device that influences the volume of the fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and retract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface; and
a touch sensitive layer arranged substantially underneath the tactile layer that receives an input provided by a user through the tactile layer that deforms the surface of the tactile layer, the touch sensitive layer including a first layer that deforms with the surface of the tactile layer and includes a first conductor and a second layer arranged substantially underneath the first layer that includes a second conductor electrically coupled to the first conductor with a detectable electrical property that changes based on the distance between the first and the second conductors.
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Abstract
A user interface system for receiving a user input that includes sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid within the fluid vessel, a displacement device that influences the volume of the fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and retract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, and an electrical sensor coupled to the sheet that receives an input provided by a user that inwardly deforms the surface of the sheet and that includes a first conductor and a second conductor that are electrically coupled to each other with an electrical property that changes as the distance between the first and second conductors changes.
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Citations
40 Claims
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1. A user interface system for receiving a user input comprising:
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a tactile layer including a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid within the fluid vessel, and a displacement device that influences the volume of the fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and retract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface; and a touch sensitive layer arranged substantially underneath the tactile layer that receives an input provided by a user through the tactile layer that deforms the surface of the tactile layer, the touch sensitive layer including a first layer that deforms with the surface of the tactile layer and includes a first conductor and a second layer arranged substantially underneath the first layer that includes a second conductor electrically coupled to the first conductor with a detectable electrical property that changes based on the distance between the first and the second conductors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A user interface system for receiving a user input comprising:
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a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface; a volume of fluid within the fluid vessel; a displacement device that influences the volume of the fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and retract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface; and a sensor coupled to the sheet that receives an input provided by a user that inwardly deforms the surface of the sheet and that includes a first conductor and a second conductor that are electrically coupled to each other with an electrical property that changes as the distance between the first and second conductors changes. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A touch sensitive user interface layer comprising:
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a top layer that defines a surface and includes a first set of conductors; a second layer arranged substantially underneath the first layer that includes a second set of conductors that is electrically coupled to the first set of conductors; a plurality of spacers arranged between the first and second layers that substantially maintain a distance between the first layer and the second layer and allows the first conductor to move towards the second conductor to receive a user input; a seal that cooperates with the first and second layers to at least partially define a fluid vessel between the first layer and the second layer that includes at least a portion of the first set and the second set of conductors; a volume of fluid contained within the fluid vessel; and a displacement device that influences the volume of the fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and contract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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