Providing an elevated and texturized display in an electronic device
View Patent ↗A multi-touch display layer may have a texturizing polymer layer. The texturizing polymer layer may elevate a surface portion of the texturizing polymer layer to a level to texturize information displayed on the multi-touch display layer. A gesture may be detected for the elevated surface portion.
1. An electronic device comprising:
a multi-touch display layer configured to receive multi-touch inputs, wherein a texturizing polymer layer that is comprised in part of gel is above the multi-touch display layer and the multi-touch display layer is substantially non-flexible;
a controller configured to control the multi-touch display layer and the texturizing polymer layer to elevate a surface portion of the texturizing polymer layer to a level to texturize a key on a keyboard displayed on the multi-touch display layer;
a sensor configured to detect one of a plurality of gestures for the elevated surface portion; and
wherein the one of the plurality of gestures comprises a finger push applied to a part of the elevated surface portion to cause displacement of the gel and comprises a detected multi-touch input of the elevated surface portion.
2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the detected one of the plurality of gestures is further based on a finger force applied to a top of the elevated surface portion.
3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the detected one of the plurality of gestures is further based on a detected pull by a pinch input or a detected scrolling input of the elevated surface portion.
4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a zoom operation, received by the electronic device, of the keyboard updates elevation of the elevated surface portion.
5. The electronic device of claim 1 further comprising:
a motion sensor or an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation change of the electronic device; and
the electronic device configured to update the elevation of the elevated surface portion based on the detected orientation change.
6. A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving, by a multi-touch display layer, multi-touch inputs, wherein a texturizing polymer layer that is comprised in part of gel is above the multi-touch display layer and the multi-touch display layer is substantially non-flexible;
controlling, by a controller, the multi-touch display layer and the texturizing polymer layer to elevate a surface portion of the texturizing polymer layer to a level to texturize a key on a keyboard displayed on the multi-touch display layer;
detecting, by a sensor, one of a plurality of gestures for the elevated surface portion; and
wherein the one of the plurality of gestures comprises a finger push applied to a part of the elevated surface portion to cause displacement of the gel and comprises a detected multi-touch input of the elevated surface portion.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the detected one of the plurality of gestures is further based on a finger force applied to a top of the elevated surface portion.
8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the detected one of the plurality of gestures is further based on a detected pull by a pinch input or a detected scrolling input of the elevated surface portion.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein a zoom operation, received by the electronic device, of the keyboard updates elevation of the elevated surface portion.
10. The method of claim 6 further comprising:
detecting, by a motion sensor or an orientation sensor, an orientation change of the electronic device; and
updating, by the electronic device, the elevation of the elevated surface portion based on the detected orientation change.