Abstract:
A display protector for use with a heat source, the display protector including one or more transparent fluid incident regions and one or more fluid driver regions, wherein the display protector is configured to guide a fluid incident upon one or more of the transparent fluid incident regions away to one or more of the fluid driver regions to facilitate driving of the fluid from the one or more fluid driver regions by heat supplied by the heat source.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprises a first magnetic plate; a second magnetic plate oriented parallel no the first magnetic plate, magnetically coupled to the first magnetic plate, and slidable relative to the first magnetic plate; a dielectric material positioned between the first magnetic plate and the second magnetic plate; and a contact in communication with the first magnetic plate and the second magnetic plate through which a voltage is applied, the voltage generating a signal that is responsive to a task performed on a mobile device, the signal providing a haptic effect to the first magnetic plate and the second magnetic plate upon sliding of the first magnetic plate relative to the second magnetic plate.
Abstract:
An apparatus including a shaft configured to be gripped by a user to provide input to a touch input panel; and a tip located at an interacting end of the apparatus for interacting with the touch input panel, the tip including an electrically conductive element and an electrically insulating material, the electrically insulating material configured to capacitively decouple the electrically conductive element from the shaft and/or user, wherein the electrically conductive element is configured to couple capacitively to an electrotactile electrode of the touch input panel when the electrically conductive element is in proximity to the electrotactile electrode, capacitive coupling between the electrically conductive element and the electrotactile electrode creates vibrations in the tip to cause a variation in the frictional force between the tip and the touch input panel as perceived by a user gripping the shaft during relative lateral movement of the tip and touch input panel.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes an optically transparent sheet having an electrically conductive layer, an electrode element, and electro-vibration circuitry configured to provide a time-varying voltage signal across the electrically conductive layer and the electrode element so as to cause a user to experience electro-vibration in a first body part of the user when the first body part is moved across an exterior surface of the optically transparent sheet while a second body part of the user is in contact with the electrode element.
Abstract:
A display protector for use with a heat source, the display protector including one or more transparent fluid incident regions and one or more fluid driver regions, wherein the display protector is configured to guide a fluid incident upon one or more of the transparent fluid incident regions away to one or more of the fluid driver regions to facilitate driving of the fluid from the one or more fluid driver regions by heat supplied by the heat source.
Abstract:
An apparatus includes an optically transparent sheet having an electrically conductive layer, an electrode element, and electro-vibration circuitry configured to provide a time-varying voltage signal across the electrically conductive layer and the electrode element so as to cause a user to experience electro-vibration in a first body part of the user when the first body part is moved across an exterior surface of the optically transparent sheet while a second body part of the user is in contact with the electrode element.