Patent ID: 8217908
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. An electronic device comprising: an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode, the interactive display comprising: an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode; a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the imaged keypad, the physical keypad comprising one or more physical keys; a touchscreen panel disposed over the image display device, the one or more physical keys extending through corresponding openings in the touchscreen panel, the physical keypad being fixed relative to the touchscreen; and one or more actuators that move the touchscreen panel between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the physical keypad so that the one or more physical keys protrude through the openings in the touchscreen panel when the touchscreen panel is in the lowered position and the interactive display is in the interactive mode.