Method for adjusting the user interface of a device
First Claim
1. A method, for adjusting a user interface of a computing device, comprising:
- displaying a range of parameter levels between a minimum parameter level and a maximum parameter level for a button rise time;
receiving a parameter level selection from the range of parameter levels;
receiving a retract time selection from a range of retract times between a minimum retract time and a maximum retract time;
rendering an input graphic on a display of the computing device;
correlating the parameter level selection with a rate of fluid displacement for the button rise time;
displacing a volume of fluid into a cavity arranged over the input graphic on the display at the rate of fluid displacement to expand a deformable region corresponding to the input graphic from a retracted setting into an expanded setting, the deformable region flush with an adjacent peripheral region in the retracted setting and offset above the peripheral region in the expanded setting;
displacing fluid, at a second flow rate, out of the cavity to retract the deformable region from the expanded setting into the retracted setting, wherein displacing fluid out of the cavity comprises displacing fluid out of the cavity at the second flow rate corresponding to the retract selection; and
sensing an input on the deformable region.
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Abstract
A method adjusting a user interface experience for a device that includes providing a user interface to retrieve a user input, providing a tactile interface layer that defines a surface and includes a volume of fluid and a displacement device 10 that manipulates the volume of fluid to deform a particular region of the surface into a tactilely distinguishable formation retrieving a user preference between a first type, location, and/or timing and a second embodiment, location, and/or timing through the user interface, and manipulating the volume of fluid to deform a particular region of the surface into a tactilely distinguishable formation of one of the first and second type, location, and/or timing is disclosed.
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15 Claims
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1. A method, for adjusting a user interface of a computing device, comprising:
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displaying a range of parameter levels between a minimum parameter level and a maximum parameter level for a button rise time; receiving a parameter level selection from the range of parameter levels; receiving a retract time selection from a range of retract times between a minimum retract time and a maximum retract time; rendering an input graphic on a display of the computing device; correlating the parameter level selection with a rate of fluid displacement for the button rise time; displacing a volume of fluid into a cavity arranged over the input graphic on the display at the rate of fluid displacement to expand a deformable region corresponding to the input graphic from a retracted setting into an expanded setting, the deformable region flush with an adjacent peripheral region in the retracted setting and offset above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; displacing fluid, at a second flow rate, out of the cavity to retract the deformable region from the expanded setting into the retracted setting, wherein displacing fluid out of the cavity comprises displacing fluid out of the cavity at the second flow rate corresponding to the retract selection; and sensing an input on the deformable region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for adjusting a user interface of a computing device comprising:
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displaying a range of parameter levels between a minimum parameter level and a maximum parameter level for a button rise time; receiving a parameter level selection from the range of parameter levels; receiving a retract time selection from a range of retract times between a minimum retract time and a maximum retract time; displaying a input graphic on a display of the computing device; displacing fluid, at a flow rate corresponding to the parameter level selection for the button rise time, into a cavity arranged over the input graphic on the display to expand a deformable region corresponding to the input graphic from a retracted setting into an expanded setting, the deformable region flush with an adjacent peripheral region in the retracted setting and offset above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; displacing fluid, at a second flow rate, out of the cavity to retract the deformable region from the expanded setting into the retracted setting, wherein displacing fluid out of the cavity comprises displacing fluid out of the cavity at the second flow rate corresponding to the retract time selection; and sensing an input on the deformable region. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A method for manipulating a tactile interface layer comprising a tactile layer, a substrate, and a displacement device, the tactile layer defining a deformable region and a peripheral region, the substrate defining a fluid channel and a cavity adjacent the deformable region and fluidly coupled to the fluid channel, the displacement device manipulating fluid through the fluid channel into the cavity, the method comprising:
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displaying a range of parameter levels between a minimum parameter level and a maximum parameter level for a button height; receiving a parameter level selection for a button height from the range of parameter levels; receiving a retract time selection from a range of retract times between a minimum retract time and a maximum retract time; rendering an input graphic on a display of the computing device substantially aligned with deformable region; correlating the parameter level selection with a particular displacement volume of fluid; defining a retracted setting of the deformable region substantially planar with the peripheral region and a maximum expanded setting offset from the peripheral region and tactilely distinguishable from the peripheral region, the maximum expanded setting substantially corresponding to the maximum parameter level; displacing the particular displacement volume of fluid into the cavity to expand a deformable region corresponding to the input graphic from the retracted setting into a particular expanded setting corresponding to the parameter level selection; and displacing fluid, at a second flow rate, out of the cavity to retract the deformable region from the expanded setting into the retracted setting, wherein displacing fluid out of the cavity comprises displacing fluid out of the cavity at the second flow rate corresponding to the retract time selection. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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