Patent ID: 11896136
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. An in-bed haptic device, comprising:
a top layer defining a top external surface;
a bottom layer defining a bottom external surface, the top layer and bottom layer defining a flexible enclosure;
a channel layer defining a top surface and a bottom surface coupled to the bottom layer, the channel layer defining a set of passages extending from an edge of the flexible enclosure;
an actuation layer coupled to the top surface of the channel layer and defining an array of actuation cells within the flexible enclosure, each actuation cell of the array of actuation cells positioned at an end of a respective passage of the set of passages; and
a control system coupled a pressurized fluid source; wherein:
the bottom layer, the channel layer and the actuation layer form a sealed fluid chamber configured to introduce pressurized fluid from the control system and to individual actuation cells of the array of actuation cells; and
the array of actuation cells is configured to locally deform the top layer of the flexible enclosure to provide a haptic output.