IP Library Granted Patent US 9,335,824
Granted Patent B2
US 9,335,824 · App. 14/485,246 · Granted May 10, 2016

Mobile device with a pressure and indentation sensitive multi-touch display

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Patent No.
US 9,335,824
App. No.
14/485,246
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-touch display layer of a mobile electronic device may be configured with a tactile area on a clear layer on the multi-touch display layer. The mobile electronic device may display a view of information based on applied force from a detected touch to the tactile area and a detected indentation level of the clear layer. The mobile electronic device may display a menu based on a detected further indentation of the tactile area on the clear layer

Claims (26)

1. A mobile electronic device comprising:

a multi-touch display layer, of the mobile electronic device, configured to display an image, wherein a tactile area on a clear layer substantially on the multi-touch display layer is associated with the image;

a processor configured to display, on the multi-touch display layer, a view of information based on applied force from a detected touch to the tactile area and a detected indentation level of the clear layer, wherein the applied force is detected by a layer of sensors substantially behind the multi-touch display layer and the indentation level is detected in part with accelerometer based information; and

the processor further configured to display, on the multi-touch display layer, a menu based on a detected further indentation of the tactile area on the clear layer.

2. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 further comprising:

the mobile electronic device is configured to provide a programmable vibration in relation to a zoom operation of the image.

3. The mobile electronic device of claim 2 , wherein a piezoelectric device or an electroactive polymer (EAP) device is configured to provide the vibration.

4. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the tactile area is changed responsive to at least one of a scrolling or drag and drop input detected by the mobile electronic device.

5. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 further comprising:

circuitry configured to raise, by the mobile electronic device, the tactile area to a height above the multi-touch display layer.

6. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a vibration or a texture pattern is provided in association with the detected further indentation level.

7. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the clear layer is an electro-active polymer layer.

8. The mobile electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the multi-touch display layer is a flexible OLED display.

9. A method performed by a mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

displaying, by a multi-touch display layer of the mobile electronic device, an image, wherein a tactile area on a clear layer substantially on the multi-touch display layer is associated with the image;

displaying, by the mobile electronic device on the multi-touch display layer, a view of information based on applied force from a detected touch to the tactile area and a detected indentation level of the clear layer, wherein the applied force is detected by a layer of sensors substantially behind the multi-touch display layer and the indentation level is detected in part with accelerometer based information; and

displaying, by the mobile electronic device on the multi-touch display layer, a menu based on a detected further indentation of the tactile area on the clear layer.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

providing, by the mobile electronic device, a programmable vibration in relation to a zoom operation of the image.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a piezoelectric device or an electroactive polymer (EAP) device provides the vibration.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the tactile area is changed responsive to at least one of a scrolling or drag and drop input detected by the mobile electronic device.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

raising, by the mobile electronic device, the tactile area to a height above the multi-touch display layer.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein a vibration or a texture pattern is provided in association with the detected further indentation level.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the clear layer is an electro-active polymer layer.

16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the multi-touch display layer is a flexible OLED display.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE TWO APPLICATION NUMBERS INCORRECTLY LISTED AS PCT NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 061510 FRAME: 0823. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 26, 2022
From: IP3 2020, SERIES 500 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
To: OMNISLASH DIGITAL LLC
Reel/Frame 061773/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2022
From: IP3 2020, SERIES 500 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
To: OMNISLASH DIGITAL LLC
Reel/Frame 061510/0823 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2022
From: OMNISLASH DIGITAL LLC
To: HAPTIC SYNERGY LLC
Reel/Frame 061511/0596 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: HJ LABORATORIES LICENSING, LLC
To: IP3 2020, SERIES 500 OF ALLIED SECURITY TRUST I
Reel/Frame 054345/0298 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 1, 2016
From: HJ LABORATORIES, LLC
To: HJ LABORATORIES LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 039063/0967 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2014
From: VARTANIAN, HARRY; JURIKSON-RHODES, JARON
To: HJ LABORATORIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 033865/0494 →