Inflatable Keyboard Display Technology Developed

It’s been a long time since the physical key phones were out of our lives, never to return. However full touchscreen and keyboardboth makes writing more difficult and presents a difficult use for some disadvantaged groups such as the visually impaired.

However, it seems that a new way has been found to prevent this situation and bring the keys back to the touch screens. The new system, which has been put forward as a result of years of research and development, is still at the beginning of the road, but in the future. from the directions touchscreen technologies can go appears as one.

Keyboards with flat or inflated keys;

According to the team, who explained the operation of the system with a very detailed video, Less than 1 cm thick it can work. The working logic is based on the fact that a liquid pumping system integrated under the screen pumps liquid to the relevant location and inflates that area when requested.

Approximately the area inflated with fluid It rises by 5 mm, forming a kind of ‘key’. is expressed. It is aimed that this system will work in integration with OLED displays in the future.

In addition, the inflatable screen model is not just for typing or using keys. different notification systems It is stated that it can be used for For example, when a notification arrives, notifications can be sent in the form of swelling and descending at the location of the relevant application on the screen.

It seems that the model, which is still at the very beginning of the road, has yet to become a commercial product. Although it is less likely to become widespread for smartphones,It seems that it is more likely to be preferred in products such as tablets.