Patent ID: 9372539
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for actuating a dynamic tactile interface comprising a tactile layer and a substrate, the tactile layer defining a tactile surface, a deformable region cooperating with the substrate to define a cavity, and a peripheral region adjacent the deformable region and coupled to the substrate opposite the tactile surface, the method comprising: during a period of time, detecting a first progression of a first input object from proximate a first location over the substrate to proximate a second location over the substrate; during the period of time, detecting a second progression of a second input object from proximate a third location over the substrate to proximate a fourth location over the substrate, the first location and the third location spanning the deformable region, and the second location and the fourth location spanning the deformable region; interpreting the first progression and the second progression as a gesture; and in response to the gesture, displacing fluid into the cavity to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting, the tactile surface at the deformable region offset above the tactile surface at the peripheral region in the expanded setting.