ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN ELEVATED AND TEXTURIZED DISPLAY
An electronic device may have a multi-touch display device and a texturizing polymer layer. The texturizing polymer layer can 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 . An electronic device comprising:
a multi-touch display device, wherein a texturizing polymer layer is arranged above the multi-touch display device and the multi-touch display device is substantially rigid;
a controller further configured to control the texturizing polymer layer to elevate a surface portion to a level to texturize a key on a keyboard displayed on the multi-touch display device; and
a sensor configured to detect a gesture on the elevated surface portion, wherein the gesture applies pressure or force to a part of the elevated surface portion and the gesture includes a touch input of the elevated surface portion.
2 . The 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 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 electronic device of claim 1 further comprising:
a motion sensor or an orientation sensor configured to detect an orientation change; and
circuitry configured to update the elevation of the elevated surface portion based on the detected orientation change.
5 . A method performed by an electronic device, the method comprising:
receiving, by a multi-touch display device of the electronic device, an input, wherein a texturizing polymer layer is arranged above the multi-touch display device and the multi-touch display device is substantially rigid;
controlling, by a controller, the texturizing polymer layer to elevate a surface portion to a level to texturize a key on a keyboard displayed on the multi-touch display device; and
detecting a gesture on the elevated surface portion, wherein the gesture applies pressure or force to a part of the elevated surface portion and the gesture includes a touch input of the elevated surface portion.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the gesture is further based on a finger force applied to a top of the elevated surface portion.
7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the gesture is further based on a detected pull by a pinch input or a detected scrolling input of the elevated surface portion.
8 . The method of claim 5 further comprising:
detecting, by a motion sensor or an orientation sensor, an orientation change; and
updating the elevation of the elevated surface portion based on the detected orientation change.