Patent ID: 7113177

Claim:
A touch-sensitive display with tactile feedback, comprising: a first layer with a mechanically flexible display medium; a second layer with at least one receptor, wherein the second layer is disposed such that the at least one receptor detects a contact in at least one section of the first layer and generates at least one first signal; a third layer with at least one controllable actuator, wherein the third layer is disposed such that the at least one controllable actuator mechanically manipulates the first layer at least in some points of the at least one section; and a control device which contacts the second layer and the third layer such that, in an initial stage, at least one second signal for controlling the at least one controllable actuator is generated, and at least one modified second signal is generated based on the first signal, wherein the at least one receptor is a second matrix arrangement of moveable pins which are at least one of electrically driven and mechanically driven, and wherein the moveable pins are movable perpendicular to a surface of the first layer.