Method and apparatus for controlling a keypad of a device
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a controllable skin texture surface defining a keypad;
a proximity sensor that is operative to sense a proximity of a pointing element to a particular key of the keypad based on a user input;
control logic, operatively coupled to the sensor and the controllable skin texture surface, that is operative to adjust a height of the particular key with respect to another key of the keypad in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key; and
wherein the control logic is operative to adjust a height of a second key of the keypad with respect to other keys of the keypad and with respect to the particular key in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key, wherein the second key is adjacent to the particular key.
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Abstract
A device (2600) includes a controllable skin texture (2606) defining a keypad (2610), a sensor (2602), and control logic (200). The sensor senses a proximity of a pointing element (2900) to a particular key (2800, 2808, 2902, 2908) of the keypad based on a user input. The control logic adjusts a height of the particular key with respect to another key of the keypad in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key. In one example, the device includes a display (2700) for displaying a plurality of keys (2612). The control logic adjusts visual characteristics of the particular key (2800, 2808, 2902, 2908) and an adjacent key (2802, 2810, 2904, 2910) with respect to each other and with respect to other keys of the plurality of keys in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key.
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14 Claims
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1. A device, comprising:
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a controllable skin texture surface defining a keypad; a proximity sensor that is operative to sense a proximity of a pointing element to a particular key of the keypad based on a user input; control logic, operatively coupled to the sensor and the controllable skin texture surface, that is operative to adjust a height of the particular key with respect to another key of the keypad in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key; and wherein the control logic is operative to adjust a height of a second key of the keypad with respect to other keys of the keypad and with respect to the particular key in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key, wherein the second key is adjacent to the particular key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method, comprising:
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displaying a plurality of keys; sensing, by a proximity sensor, a proximity of a pointing element to a particular key of the plurality of keys based on a user input; and adjusting a first height of the particular key and a second height of an adjacent key in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key; and adjusting visual characteristics of the particular key and the second key with respect to each other and with respect to other keys of the plurality of keys in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A device, comprising:
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a controllable skin texture surface defining a keypad; a proximity sensor that is operative to sense a proximity of a pointing element to a particular key of the keypad based on a user input; control logic, operatively coupled to the sensor and the controllable skin texture surface, that is operative to adjust a height of the particular key with respect to another key of the keypad in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key; and wherein the control logic controls the particular key to protrude in response to the sensor sensing the proximity of the pointing element to the particular key.
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