Patent ID: 9557915
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A dynamic tactile interface comprising: a substrate; a tactile layer defining a first region coupled to the substrate and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region; the deformable region cooperating with the substrate to form a variable volume filled with a mass of fluid, the variable volume fluidly coupled to a fluid channel and transitioning from a retracted setting into an expanded setting in response to actuation of an input actuator, the deformable region substantially flush with the first region in the retracted setting and tactilely distinguishable from the first region in the expanded setting; a sensor detecting a change in a position of the input actuator and transmitting a signal in response to the change in position of the input actuator; and a processor in a display device coupled to the dynamic tactile interface, the processor processing the signal to generate an output.