DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A dynamic tactile interface, comprising:
- a substrate comprising an attachment surface, the substrate partially defining a cavity adjacent the attachment surface and defining a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the cavity;
a tactile layer comprising a deformable region and an undeformable region, the undeformable region coupled to the attachment surface, the deformable region disconnected from the substrate, the tactile layer defining an outer tactile surface opposite the substrate; and
a movable support member within the cavity and below the deformable region, the movable support member configured to travel within the cavity, an upper surface of the movable support member being flush with an upper surface of the substrate when the deformable region is an expanded setting, the upper surface of the movable support member being offset below the upper surface of the substrate when the deformable region is an depressed setting, a portion of the deformable region extending into the cavity in the depressed setting.
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Abstract
A dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate, a tactile layer, and movable support member. The substrate defines a fluid channel and a perforation coupled to the fluid channel. The tactile layer includes a first region and a deformable region, the first region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over and coupled to a moveable support member, which is disconnected from the substrate, substantially corresponds to the perforation, and is coupled to the fluid channel, the deformable region operable between an expanded setting and a depressed setting. The movable support layer traveling within the cavity with the deformable region, the deformbable region substantially flush with the first region in the expanded setting and below the first region in the depressed setting.
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1. A dynamic tactile interface, comprising:
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a substrate comprising an attachment surface, the substrate partially defining a cavity adjacent the attachment surface and defining a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the cavity; a tactile layer comprising a deformable region and an undeformable region, the undeformable region coupled to the attachment surface, the deformable region disconnected from the substrate, the tactile layer defining an outer tactile surface opposite the substrate; and a movable support member within the cavity and below the deformable region, the movable support member configured to travel within the cavity, an upper surface of the movable support member being flush with an upper surface of the substrate when the deformable region is an expanded setting, the upper surface of the movable support member being offset below the upper surface of the substrate when the deformable region is an depressed setting, a portion of the deformable region extending into the cavity in the depressed setting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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