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Touch sensitive input

  • US 9,971,405 B2
  • Filed: 09/27/2010
  • Issued: 05/15/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a capacitive touch sensitive input;

    a display output associated with the capacitive touch sensitive input;

    a passive deformable layer overlying the capacitive touch sensitive input and the display output and configured to deform in response to a manual actuation on the passive deformable layer at a user selected location, wherein the passive deformable layer is transparent to allow the display output to be visible through the passive deformable layer;

    wherein the capacitive touch sensitive input is configured to provide a control output in dependence upon a capacitor formed between a user'"'"'s digit and the capacitive touch sensitive input caused by deformation of the passive deformable layer by a manual actuation, the control output indicative of the actuation intensity of the manual actuation; and

    a controller configured to receive the control output from the capacitive touch sensitive input and to determine the actuation intensity of the manual actuation on the passive deformable layer and to control the display output to display an output in the region of the user selected location in dependence upon the determined actuation intensity.

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