METHOD AND DEVICE TO CONTROL KEYBOARD Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC G06F3/02 

FIELD: electricity.

SUBSTANCE: device (2600) includes controlled shell texture (2606) that defines keyboard (2610), sensor and control logic (200). Sensor determines proximity of indicating element (2900) to each key (2800, 2808, 2902, 2908) of the keyboard based on user input. In response to proximity determination of indicating element to a certain key control logic changes height of each key of the keyboard. In one example device includes displaying device (2700) to display variety of keys (2612). Control logic changes visual properties of a certain key (2800, 2808, 2902, 2908) and adjacent keys (2802, 2810, 2904, 2910) in regards towards each other and other keys in variety in response to proximity determination of indicating element to a certain key.

EFFECT: possibility to activate different texture surfaces of device shell thus providing different sensations of the user.

20 cl, 39 dwg