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