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Accessibility path guiding through microfluidics on a touch screen

  • US 9,619,032 B1
  • Filed: 10/16/2015
  • Issued: 04/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of providing accessibility path guidance on a display presented on a touch screen of a device with microfluidics, wherein fluid is selectively applied to a portion of the touch screen by a computer of the device to raise a portion of the touch screen, the method comprising the steps of:

  • the computer loading a display on the touch screen which requires user input;

    the computer fetching flow information regarding the display;

    the computer detecting that the user has touched the touch screen at a point;

    the computer using microfluidics to create a physical ridge on the touch screen corresponding to a flow path connecting the point on the touch screen in which the user is currently touching to a touch point within an object field which requires user input;

    once the user has reached the object field which requires user input by following the flow path through touch, the computer removing the physical ridge and providing details to the user regarding the input required in the object field; and

    the computer creating a physical ridge on the touch screen through microfluidics connecting a touch point within the object field which required user input to a touch point on the touch screen within another object field which requires user input.

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