Modifying haptic feedback provided to a user to account for changes in user perception of haptic feedback

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• identifying haptic data for communication to an input interface that causes the input interface to provide haptic feedback to a user;
• determining an estimated amplitude of haptic feedback corresponding to a portion of the haptic data;
• responsive to the estimated amplitude of the haptic feedback exceeding a threshold value, determining that a refractory period can occur after haptic feedback corresponding to the portion of the haptic data is applied to the user;
• providing the portion of the haptic data to the input interface;
• comparing haptic feedback associated with times within a duration of the refractory period to user training data;
• responsive to the comparison indicating that characteristics of a set of haptic data associated with the times within the duration of the refractory period are within ranges of characteristics that are not perceived by the user in the user training data, removing the set of haptic data associated with the times within the duration of the refractory period from the identified haptic data to form an adjusted haptic data;
• providing to the input interface the adjusted haptic data set;
• and
• providing haptic feedback to the user in accordance with the adjusted haptic data set.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer program instructions, the computer program instructions when executed by a computer processor causes the processor to perform steps including:

• identifying haptic data for communication to an input interface that causes the input interface to provide haptic feedback to a user;
• determining an estimated amplitude of haptic feedback corresponding to a portion of the haptic data;
• responsive to the estimated amplitude of the haptic feedback exceeding a threshold value, determining that a refractory period can occur after haptic feedback corresponding to the portion of the haptic data is applied to the user;
• providing the portion of the haptic data to the input interface;
• comparing haptic feedback associated with times within a duration of the refractory period to user training data;
• responsive to the comparison indicating that characteristics of a set of haptic data associated with the times within the duration of the refractory period are within ranges of characteristics that are not perceived by the user in the user training data, removing the set of haptic data associated with the times within the duration of the refractory period from the identified haptic data to form an adjusted haptic data;
• providing to the input interface the adjusted haptic data set;
• and
• providing haptic feedback to the user in accordance with the adjusted haptic data set.