Extended refreshable tactile graphic array for scanned tactile display

JW Roberts, OT Slattery, B Swope, DW Kardos… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
Apparatus and methods for extended refreshable tactile graphic display are disclosed, the
apparatus including an array of pins at a display surface, with pin setting actuators and …

Method and apparatus for controlling a display of a device

WN Robinson, TR Arneson - US Patent App. 11/777,562, 2009 - Google Patents
A device (2600) includes a controllable skin texture surface (2616), a non-keypad display
(2618), and control logic (200). The non-keypad display displays non-keypad information …

Method and apparatus for controlling a skin texture surface on a device

ME Caine - US Patent 8,761,846, 2014 - Google Patents
US8761846B2 - Method and apparatus for controlling a skin texture surface on a device -
Google Patents US8761846B2 - Method and apparatus for controlling a skin texture surface …

System and method for publishing, distributing, and reading electronic interactive books

MB Parsons, KM Parsons - US Patent 7,631,013, 2009 - Google Patents
Related US Application Data(57) ABSTRACT (60) Provisional application No. 60/669,166,
filed on Apr. 6, 2005, provisional application No. 60/669,167, filed A book or other digital …

Tactile Conforming Apparatus and Method for a Device

TR Arneson, TE Gitzinger… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2009 - Google Patents
Abstract A device (100, 2604) includes a controllable skin texture surface (2602), a sensor
(2700), and control logic (200). The sensor senses a plurality of points of interest (2804 …

Method and apparatus for controlling a skin texture surface on a device using hydraulic control

ME Caine - US Patent App. 11/696,496, 2008 - Google Patents
Surface that includes a skin texture Surface actuation structure that includes a hydraulic
actuation structure and a flexible skin structure (1100) that moves in response to movement …

Method and apparatus for controlling a keypad of a device

ME Caine, TR Arneson, WN Robinson - US Patent 8,866,641, 2014 - Google Patents
A device (2600) includes a controllable skin texture (2606) defining a keypad (2610), a
sensor (2602), and control logic (200). The sensor senses a proximity of a pointing element …

Self-scrolling braille

E Califorrniaa - US Patent 11,145,223, 2021 - Google Patents
Electronically displayed Braille dots are laterally propagated against a stationary finger
resting on a stationary base for reading Braille. The lateral propagation takes the form of a …

Tactile feedback

J Rantala, R Raisamo, J Lylykangas… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
US8388346B2 - Tactile feedback - Google Patents US8388346B2 - Tactile feedback - Google
Patents Tactile feedback Download PDF Info Publication number US8388346B2 …

Braille display device and method of constructing same

P Murphy, T Conard, W Tunkis… - US Patent 8,690,576, 2014 - Google Patents
Disclosed is a Braille display device. The device supports an array of individual Braille cells
with corresponding tactile pins. The pins can be selectively lifted by way of reeds to generate …