Patent ID: 8063892
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
1. A method of scrolling in a touch screen comprising: displaying, via a touch screen, a graphical user interface, wherein the touch screen is coupled to a processor configured to provide the graphical user interface; sensing a user's input onto the touch screen via a sensor coupled to the touch screen, wherein the user's input causes graphical objects in the graphical user interface to scroll in a vertical direction, the sensor outputting a sensor signal associated with a rate of the scrolling of the graphical objects; processing the sensor signal and outputting an activating signal based on the rate of scrolling indicated by the sensor signal; and outputting a plurality of haptic effect pulses via an actuator to be felt by the user, the pulses output at a rate proportional to the rate of scrolling indicated by the sensor signal.