Patents Represented by Attorney Schwabe, Williamson & Waytt, P.C.
  • Patent number: 7138985
    Abstract: A tactile display layer is provided on a back side of a flexible visual display layer of a display to facilitate selective tactile pushing against different portions of the flexible visual display layer. In one embodiment, the display further includes a sensor circuit to sense user touching of activated ones of tactile pistons of the tactile display layer. In one embodiment, the display further includes a transparent touch sensitive layer disposed on a viewing side of the flexible visual display layer, with its effective touch sensitive area limited to a perimeter area surrounding the effective area of the tactile display layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: UI Evolution, Inc.
    Inventor: Satoshi Nakajima