Mobile device with instinctive alerts
AssigneeImmersion Corporation
InventorsDavid Birnbaum, Vincent Levesque, Danny Grant
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Abstract
A haptically enabled system receives information and determines that a user of the system should be notified of the information. The system further receives and analyzes inputs to determine a context of the user. The system then generates an instinctive alert based on the context, where the instinctive alert is configured to impart a desired emotion on the user. The system then displays the instinctive alert based on the context.
Claims23
A method of operating a haptically enabled device, the method comprising:
- receiving information;
- determining that a user of the device should be notified of the information;
- receiving inputs including a plurality of sensor data, the sensor data including data for determining an arousal of the user, an environment in which the user is in, and physical activity of the user;
- analyzing the inputs to determine a mood of the user and a context of the user, the mood of the user being associated with the arousal of the user, and the context of the user being associated with the environment in which the user is in and the physical activity of the user;
- generating an instinctive alert to notify the user of the information based on the mood and the context, wherein the instinctive alert is configured to communicate a sense of urgency to the user;
- displaying the instinctive alert.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to generate alerts on a device, the instructions comprising:
- receiving information;
- determining that a user of the device should be notified of the information;
- receiving inputs including a plurality of sensor data, the sensor data including data for determining an arousal of the user, an environment in which the user is in, and physical activity of the user;
- analyzing the inputs to determine a mood of the user and a context of the user, the mood of the user being associated with the arousal of the user, and the context of the user being associated with the environment in which the user is in and the physical activity of the user;
- generating an instinctive alert to notify the user of the information based on the mood and the context, wherein the instinctive alert is configured to communicate a sense of urgency to the user;
- displaying the instinctive alert.
A mobile system, comprising:
- an actuator;
- and
- a processor, coupled to the actuator, adapted to:
- receive information,
- determine that a user should be notified of the information;
- receive inputs including a plurality of sensor data, the sensor data including data for determining an arousal of the user, an environment in which the user is in, and physical activity of the user;
- analyze the inputs to determine a mood of the user and a context of the user, the mood of the user being associated with the arousal of the user, and the context of the user being associated with the environment in which the user is in and the physical activity of the user;
- generate an instinctive alert to notify the use of the information based on the mood and the context, wherein the instinctive alert is configured to communicate a sense of urgency to the user;
- and
- display the instinctive alert using the actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.