US Patent Application 18301480. Tactile Feedback simplified abstract
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Tactile Feedback
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Inventor(s)
Lasse Juhani Laaksonen of Tampere (FI)
Miikka Tapani Vilermo of Siuro (FI)
Arto Juhani Lehtiniemi of Lempäälä (FI)
Tactile Feedback - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18301480 titled 'Tactile Feedback
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes an apparatus, method, and computer program that detects and determines the expected type of user interaction with a touch-sensitive tactile display. It also provides tactile feedback to the user based on the expected type of interaction.
- Detects one or more parts of a user's hand within a specific distance of the touch-sensitive tactile display.
- Determines the expected type of user interaction based on the detected hand parts.
- Determines the expected number of hand parts that will make contact with the display during the interaction.
- Provides tactile feedback to the user when they make contact with the display, based on the expected type of interaction.
Original Abstract Submitted
An apparatus, method and computer program is described comprising: detecting one or more parts of a hand of a user within a first defined distance of a touch sensitive tactile display; determining based, at least in part, on the detected parts of the hand of the user, an expected type of user interaction with the display, including determining an expected number of parts (e.g. digits or fingers) of the hand that will make contact with the display as part of the expected type of user interaction; and providing tactile feedback to the user when the user makes contact with the display dependent, at least in part, on the expected type of user interaction.
