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US 10,373,452 B2Granted
Targeted haptic projection
AssigneeImmersion Corporation
InventorsJohnny Maalouf, Robert W. Heubel
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Abstract
A system provides haptic functionality. The system determines a location of a body area of a user relative to a location of a haptic device that includes an ultrasound emitter. The system then determines a haptic effect, and projects the haptic effect to the body area of the user by the ultrasound emitter of the haptic device.
Claims20
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to provide haptic functionality by:
- determining a location of a user body area relative to a location of a haptic device, wherein the haptic device comprises an ultrasound emitter;
- determining an intensity threshold associated with the user body area;
- determining a haptic effect and an intensity that the haptic effect would have at the user body area;
- projecting the haptic effect to the user body area by the ultrasound emitter of the haptic device when the intensity does not exceed the intensity threshold;
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- preventing the haptic effect from being projected to the user body area when the intensity exceeds the intensity threshold.
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A method of providing haptic functionality, comprising:
- determining a location of a user body area relative to a location of a haptic device, wherein the haptic device comprises an ultrasound emitter;
- determining an intensity threshold associated with the user body area;
- determining a haptic effect and an intensity that the haptic effect would have at the user body area;
- and
- projecting the haptic effect to the user body area by the ultrasound emitter of the haptic device when the intensity does not exceed the intensity threshold;
- and
- preventing the haptic effect from being projected to the user body area when the intensity exceeds the intensity threshold,
- wherein the user body area is one of a plurality of user body areas to which the ultrasound emitter can direct the haptic effect, wherein the plurality of user body areas are associated with different respective intensity thresholds, and wherein the intensity threshold that is determined is one of the different respective intensity thresholds.
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A system for providing haptic functionality, comprising:
- a haptic device that comprises an ultrasound emitter;
- a processor in communication with the haptic device, wherein the processor is configured
- to determine a location of a user body area relative to a location of the haptic device;
- to determine an intensity threshold associated with the user body area;
- to determine a haptic effect and an intensity that the haptic effect would have at the user body area;
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- to cause the ultrasound emitter of the haptic device to project the haptic effect to the user body area when the intensity does not exceed the intensity threshold;
- and
- to prevent the haptic effect from being projected to the user body area when the intensity exceeds the intensity threshold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.