DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A dynamic tactile interface comprising:
- a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region, the deformable region operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region tactilely distinguishable from the peripheral region in the expanded setting;
a substrate comprising an attachment surface and coupled to the peripheral region, the substrate defining a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit;
a border region proximal a periphery of the substrate, the border region defining a cavity configured to receive an instrument, the cavity supporting the instrument in a first configuration and releasing the instrument in a second configuration; and
a bladder fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and coupled to the cavity, the instrument compressing a portion of the bladder in the first configuration to displace fluid from the bladder into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting, the instrument releasing a portion of the bladder in the second configuration.
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Abstract
The dynamic tactile interface includes: a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting; a substrate including an attachment surface and coupled to the peripheral region and defining a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit; a border region proximal a periphery of the substrate and defining a cavity configured to receive an instrument, the cavity supporting the instrument in a first configuration and releasing the instrument in a second configuration; and a bladder fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and coupled to the cavity, the instrument compressing a portion of the bladder in the first configuration to displace fluid from the bladder into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting.
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19 Claims
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1. A dynamic tactile interface comprising:
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a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region, the deformable region operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region tactilely distinguishable from the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a substrate comprising an attachment surface and coupled to the peripheral region, the substrate defining a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit; a border region proximal a periphery of the substrate, the border region defining a cavity configured to receive an instrument, the cavity supporting the instrument in a first configuration and releasing the instrument in a second configuration; and a bladder fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and coupled to the cavity, the instrument compressing a portion of the bladder in the first configuration to displace fluid from the bladder into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting, the instrument releasing a portion of the bladder in the second configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A dynamic tactile interface comprising:
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a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region, the deformable region operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region tactilely distinguishable from the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a substrate comprising an attachment surface and coupled to the peripheral region, the substrate defining a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit; a housing supporting the tactile layer and the substrate, configured to engage a computing device, and transiently retaining the substrate and the tactile layer over a surface of the computing device, the housing defining a cavity adjacent the computing device and configured to transiently receive an instrument, the cavity supporting the instrument in a first configuration and releasing the instrument in a second configuration; and a bladder fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and arranged within the cavity, the instrument compressing a portion of the bladder in the first configuration to displace fluid from the bladder into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting, the instrument releasing a portion of the bladder in the first configuration to displace fluid from the fluid channel and transition the deformable region from the expanded setting to the retracted setting. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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