the 1st and 2nd dimensions:
CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR
the 3th dimension:
USER ACTIONS DETECTION
the 4th dimension:
HAPTIC FEEDBACK
Through 4D Surface technology, we control the way a surface interacts with humans.
In order to reach this purpose, the surface uses a capacitive touch sensor to recognize the position of the finger on the surface. It's the "normal" touch screen and it works only in the x, y axes.
This capacitive sensor is the starting point of the interaction but it is NOT enough.
It is not enough because with two dimensions you can just know WHERE the finger is, but you do not have any information about WHAT the finger is doing and what the finger FEELS.
Is it just touching or pressing the surface? Is it moving? Where is moving? Is it feeling something? What is the intensity?
To enhance the surface capabilities, we extend the capacitive touch sensor with two new amazing dimensions: "user action detection" and "tactile sensations".
Just think to find something in your pocket …
A lot of human action can be done without looking at what you are doing. A 4D interface is capable to interact with you also when you are not able to look at it...
Touch any surface with your finger, move on it, and feel your tactile sensation…
It’s clear: your tactile sensation depends on the way you move your finger, the material and the shape of the surface.
In order to have a complete interaction with you, the surface has to create this tactile sensation that a "normal" capacitive surface cannot give.
We want the surface to interact with the finger by understanding what is happening and give a tactile feedback.
So… user actions detection is the third dimension, active generation of tactile sensations is the fourth one.
We are expert in it
The haptic feedback is the reaction that the surface gives you when you interacts with it.
We have a new technology designed to do this.
The NICECLICK technology adds the two missed dimensions to your surface:
1) user action detection (X,Y and Z correlation, because the finger moves in all directions)
2) haptic feedback generation (creation of controlled vibration on the surface)
It is low cost, low voltages and it does not age.
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and we know how to treat it.
It is a real-time algorithm that evaluates the user's actions on the three axis (x, y and z).
That is way we can generate a great quality haptic feeback.
When the user interacts with the surface, he can move right, left, up, down and press in the direction of the vertical axis.
And the user can press the surface in many different ways (lightly, by touching, pressing hard, etc.).
Thanks to the "User actions detection algorithm" we can customize the feedback that the user receives in real time, so that every touch is personalized.
Among other capabilities of this algorithm, it can also emulate real buttons and switches.
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