Patent ID: 10755615

Abstract:
An intelligent, self-learning display uses knowledgebase rules to determine how to deform its flexible, touch-sensitive upper surface into a three-dimensional representation of displayed content. The upper surface is deformed by selectively inflating balloons, pistons, or other devices embedded into a lower layer of the display, such that the inflated devices exert upward pressure on specific regions of the surface. The flexible upper surface consists of two sublayers that each contain a grid of small strips. The two grids are skewed such that the lower-sublayer strips fill in otherwise-visible gaps between upper-sublayer strips during a deformation. A user may use tactile feedback to adjust characteristics of the deformation, such as the deformation's height. A machine-learning mechanism records user adjustments in a corpus that is then used to train the display to more accurately deform its surface when representing three-dimensional content.