Dynamic Input Surface for Adaptive Device Interaction
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Summary
Problems
Traditional input devices in computing systems lack flexibility and adaptability, as they often feature large buttons or mechanically-actuated structures that permanently indicate their presence, limiting user interaction and customization.
Innovation solutions
An electronic device with an illuminated enclosure that defines a dynamic input surface, featuring a translucent layer and light-emitting elements to create a customizable active input area, allowing for variable size, position, and configuration of the input region, which can be dynamically updated based on user preferences.
TRIZ Analysis
Specific contradictions:
General conflict description:
Principle concept:
If traditional mechanically-actuated input devices are used, then the input device structure is stable and reliable, but the device lacks flexibility and adaptability in user interaction
Why choose this principle:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical input devices (buttons, keys) with a light-based illumination system that defines input areas on the enclosure surface. The light-emitting elements and translucent layer create virtual input regions without mechanical actuators, enabling dynamic reconfiguration of input zones through software control rather than physical restructuring.
Principle concept:
If traditional mechanically-actuated input devices are used, then the input device structure is stable and reliable, but the device lacks flexibility and adaptability in user interaction
Why choose this principle:
The illumination-defined input areas can be dynamically repositioned, resized, and reconfigured on the enclosure surface through software control. The active input area is not fixed but can adapt its position and dimensions based on user needs, allowing the same physical enclosure to serve multiple input configurations without structural changes.
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Data Source
AI summary:
An electronic device with an illuminated enclosure that defines a dynamic input surface, featuring a translucent layer and light-emitting elements to create a customizable active input area, allowing for variable size, position, and configuration of the input region, which can be dynamically updated based on user preferences.
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to an electronic device having an illuminated body that defines a virtual or dynamic trackpad. The electronic device includes a translucent layer defining a keyboard region and a dynamic input region along an external surface. A keyboard may be. positioned within the keyboard region and including a key surface and a switch element (e.g., to detect a keypress). A light control layer positioned below the translucent layer and within the dynamic input region may have a group of illuminable features. The electronic device may also include a group of light-emitting elements positioned below the optical diffuser. One or more of the light control layer or the group of light-emitting elements may be configured to illuminate the dynamic input region to display a visible boundary of an active input area. At least one of a size or a position of the visible boundary may be dynamically variable.