Apparatus and method for interactive display with tactile feedback
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising:
- an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, the interactive display comprising;
touchscreen 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 one or more imaged keys within the imaged keypad in response to one or more actuators disposed below the touchscreen image display device, the physical keypad comprising physical keys that extend through corresponding openings in the touchscreen image display device, one or more of the physical keys each comprising one or more magnetic elements, the one or more actuators moving at least one of the physical keypad and the touchscreen display device relative to one another so that the one or more physical keys protrude through the openings in the touchscreen display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode, the touchscreen display device comprising one or more charged electrical circuit elements so that movement of the one or more physical keys comprising the one or more magnetic elements relative to the charged electrical circuit elements generates electricity.
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Abstract
An electronic device including an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode. The interactive display includes 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 one or more imaged keys within the imaged keypad in response to one or more actuators disposed below the image display device.
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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; touchscreen 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 one or more imaged keys within the imaged keypad in response to one or more actuators disposed below the touchscreen image display device, the physical keypad comprising physical keys that extend through corresponding openings in the touchscreen image display device, one or more of the physical keys each comprising one or more magnetic elements, the one or more actuators moving at least one of the physical keypad and the touchscreen display device relative to one another so that the one or more physical keys protrude through the openings in the touchscreen display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode, the touchscreen display device comprising one or more charged electrical circuit elements so that movement of the one or more physical keys comprising the one or more magnetic elements relative to the charged electrical circuit elements generates electricity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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