Method for actuating a tactile interface layer
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1. A method for actuating a dynamic tactile interface comprising a tactile layer and a substrate, the method comprising:
- detecting a first input at a first location on a tactile surface of the tactile layer;
detecting a second input at a second location on the tactile surface;
identifying a gesture according to progression of the first input to a third location on the tactile surface and progression of the second input to a fourth location on the tactile surface;
interpreting the gesture as a command associated with a deformable region of the tactile layer, the tactile layer defining the deformable region and a peripheral region, the peripheral region adjacent the deformable region and attached to the substrate opposite the tactile surface, the deformable region cooperating with the substrate to define a cavity, and the tactile surface at the deformable region arranged substantially between the first location and the second location and arranged substantially between the third location and the fourth location; and
in response to the command, displacing fluid into the cavity to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting, the tactile surface at the deformable region offset above the tactile surface at the peripheral region in the expanded setting.
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Abstract
A method for actuating a tactile interface layer for a device that defines a surface with a deformable region, comprising the steps of detecting a gesture of the user along the surface of the tactile interface layer that includes a movement of a finger of the user from a first location on the surface to a second location on the surface; interpreting the gesture as a command for the deformable region; and manipulating the deformable region of the surface based on the command.
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1. A method for actuating a dynamic tactile interface comprising a tactile layer and a substrate, the method comprising:
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detecting a first input at a first location on a tactile surface of the tactile layer; detecting a second input at a second location on the tactile surface; identifying a gesture according to progression of the first input to a third location on the tactile surface and progression of the second input to a fourth location on the tactile surface; interpreting the gesture as a command associated with a deformable region of the tactile layer, the tactile layer defining the deformable region and a peripheral region, the peripheral region adjacent the deformable region and attached to the substrate opposite the tactile surface, the deformable region cooperating with the substrate to define a cavity, and the tactile surface at the deformable region arranged substantially between the first location and the second location and arranged substantially between the third location and the fourth location; and in response to the command, displacing fluid into the cavity to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting, the tactile surface at the deformable region offset above the tactile surface at the peripheral region in the expanded setting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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