Touch pad with force sensors and actuator feedback

    公开(公告)号:AU2013203623B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-02-04

    申请号:AU2013203623

    申请日:2013-04-11

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.

    Linear actuator
    33.
    发明专利

    公开(公告)号:AU2015100710A4

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-16

    申请号:AU2015100710

    申请日:2015-05-29

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Embodiments described herein may take the form of an electromagnetic actuator that produces a haptic output during operation. Generally, an electromagnetic coil is wrapped around a central magnet array. A shaft passes through the central magnet array, such that the central array may move along the shaft when the proper force is applied. When a current passes through the electromagnetic coil, the coil generates a magnetic field. The coil is stationary with respect to a housing of the actuator, while the central magnet array may move along the shaft within the housing. Thus, excitation of the coil exerts a force on the central magnet array, which moves in response to that force. The direction of the current through the coil determines the direction of the magnetic field and thus the motion of the central magnet array. \ 0 CY)

    Touch pad with force sensors and actuator feedback

    公开(公告)号:AU2010328407B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-26

    申请号:AU2010328407

    申请日:2010-12-06

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.

    COMPUTADORA PORTATIL CON PANEL SENSIBLE AL TACTO.

    公开(公告)号:MX2013004376A

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-15

    申请号:MX2013004376

    申请日:2011-08-15

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Un dispositivo portátil de computación incluye por lo menos una porción base de un material de peso ligero que incluye una cubierta superior en forma de cuña acoplada a una cubierta inferior. El dispositivo portátil de computación también incluye una porción de tapa conectada de manera pivotante a la porción base por un ensamble de bisagra. La porción de tapa tiene una pantalla en comunicación con uno o más componentes en la porción base mediante uno o más conductores eléctricos. Un panel sensible al tacto situado en la porción base incluye una capa de vidrio unida encima de una capa estética, una capa sensorial para detectar entradas de datos mediante una superficie superior de la capa de vidrio, circuitos electrónicos para procesar señales, y una interfaz de conexión para conectar los circuitos electrónicos a una tarjeta madre. La capa de vidrio proporciona una rigidez estructural principal para el panel sensible al tacto.

    Touch pad with force sensors and actuator feedback

    公开(公告)号:AU2012101005B4

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-21

    申请号:AU2012101005

    申请日:2012-07-04

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in 5 a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The 10 force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other 15 activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.

    Touchpad mit Kraftsensoren und Aktuatorrückmeldung

    公开(公告)号:DE112010004756T5

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-14

    申请号:DE112010004756

    申请日:2010-12-06

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Elektronische Vorrichtungen können Touchpads verwenden, welche Berührungssensorfelder, Kraftsensoren und Aktuatoren zum Bereitstellen von taktiler Rückmeldung haben. Ein Touchpad kann in einem Computergehäuse montiert sein. Das Touchpad kann ein rechteckiges, ebenes Touchpad-Teil haben, welches eine mit Tinte bedeckte Glasschicht hat und ein kapazitives Berührungssensorfeld enthält. Kraftsensoren können unter jeder der vier Ecken des rechteckigen, ebenen Touchpad-Teils montiert sein. Die Kraftsensoren können verwendet werden zum Messen, wie viel Kraft auf die Oberfläche des ebenen Touchpad-Teils durch einen Nutzer angewendet wird. Verarbeitete Kraftsensorsignale können die Gegenwart von Schalteraktivität, wie Drücken- und Loslassen-Ereignisse anzeigen. In Antwort auf detektierte Schalteraktivität oder andere Aktivität in der Vorrichtung können Aktuator-Stellsignale erzeugt werden zum Steuern des Aktuators. Der Nutzer kann Einstellungen eingeben, um die Signalverarbeitung und taktile Rückmeldungsparameter anzupassen.

    Touch pad with force sensors and actuator feedback

    公开(公告)号:AU2010328407A1

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-26

    申请号:AU2010328407

    申请日:2010-12-06

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: Electronic devices may use touch pads that have touch sensor arrays, force sensors, and actuators for providing tactile feedback. A touch pad may be mounted in a computer housing. The touch pad may have a rectangular planar touch pad member that has a glass layer covered with ink and contains a capacitive touch sensor array. Force sensors may be mounted under each of the four corners of the rectangular planar touch pad member. The force sensors may be used to measure how much force is applied to the surface of the planar touch pad member by a user. Processed force sensor signals may indicate the presence of button activity such as press and release events. In response to detected button activity or other activity in the device, actuator drive signals may be generated for controlling the actuator. The user may supply settings to adjust signal processing and tactile feedback parameters.

    PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH TOUCH PAD
    40.
    发明公开
    PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH TOUCH PAD 审中-公开
    具有触摸手提电脑

    公开(公告)号:EP2635947A4

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-15

    申请号:EP11834786

    申请日:2011-08-15

    Applicant: APPLE INC

    Abstract: A portable computing device includes at least a base portion of a lightweight material that includes at least a wedge shaped top case having a trough formed at an interfacing edge thereof. The trough includes a raised shoulder portion having a first contact surface and a receiving area, and a bottom case coupled to the top case to form a complete housing for at least a portion of the portable computing device for enclosing at least a plurality of operational components and a plurality of structural components. The portable computing device also includes at least a lid portion pivotally connected to the base portion by a hinge assembly. In the described embodiments, the lid portion has a display in communication with one or more of the plurality of components in said base portion by way of or more electrical conductors that electrically connect the base portion to the lid portion.

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