Patent ID: 8248386

Claim:
An electronic device, comprising: a display; a processor operably coupled to the display; an array of one or more tactile pixels located on the display or proximate the display along at least one edge of the display, wherein each of the tactile pixels in the array includes an actuatable portion coupled to an actuator, wherein the actuatable portion is actuatable by the actuator in response to execution of one or more instructions by the processor, wherein a tactile feel of the actuatable portion changes as a result of actuation of the actuatable portion by the actuator, wherein the actuator is configured to actuate in response to instructions from the processor; and an array of one or more sensors located on or at least partially surrounding the display, wherein each of the one or more sensors is configured to generate signals as inputs to one or more programs executed by the processor when a finger or stylus is in close proximity to or touching the sensor.