Patent ID: 7324094
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic device for generating user detectable multi-functional feedback with a single component in response to a stimulus signal, the electronic device including a housing, a display, and electronic circuitry located in the housing, an improvement of the electronic device comprising: a lens covering the display, the lens having a transparent area placed over the display; force sensors attached to the lens for detecting a touch against the lens, the force sensors producing a stimulus signal in response to the touch; at least one resonating vibrating element attached to an area of said lens extending outside of the display, said single component comprising the lens and the at least one resonating vibrating element, the at least one resonating vibrating element being operable to produce at least two feedback signals selected from a group consisting of a haptic feedback signal, a vibratory alert signal, an audio signal, and a buzzer signal; and an electrical drive circuit electrically coupled to said at least one resonating vibrating element for electrically driving said at least one resonating vibrating element with a drive signal based on the stimulus signal; and wherein one of the housing and said lens is manufactured so that at least one of its resonating frequencies is within a frequency range of said at least one resonating vibrating element.