Haptic device
AssigneeBouton Sms Inc.
InventorClaude Zalac
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Abstract
The present haptic device is adapted for sending at least one message. The haptic device comprises a housing, a communication module located inside the housing, a touchpad and a processor. The touchpad is affixed to the housing. The touchpad captures a movement of a user and generates a signal corresponding to the captured movement. The processor is also located inside the housing. The processor receives the signal and instructs the communication module to transmit one of a plurality of stored messages corresponding to the captured movement. The transmitted message includes at least one predetermined recipient address and a message for the recipient.
Claims20
A haptic device for sending at least one message, the haptic device comprising:
- a housing;
- a communication module located inside the housing;
- a touchpad affixed to the housing, the touchpad capturing a movement of a user and generating a signal corresponding to the captured movement;
- and
- a processor located inside the housing, the processor:
- receiving the signal;
- analyzing the signal to determine a most probable message corresponding to the captured movement;
- instructing the communication module to transmit one of a plurality of stored messages corresponding to the most probable captured movement, the one of the stored messages including two predetermined addresses and a message, the most probable corresponding message being concurrently transmitted to the two predetermined recipient addresses;
- and
- instructing a light module to generate a visual feedback and/or instructing a sound module to generate an audible feedback.
A method for sending at least one message with a haptic device, the method comprising:
- capturing a movement of a user on a touchpad affixed to a housing and generating a signal corresponding to the captured movement;
- receiving by a processor located inside the housing the signal;
- analyzing by the processor the signal to determine a most probable corresponding message;
- instructing by the processor a communication module to transmit one of a plurality of stored messages corresponding to the most probable captured movement, the one of the stored messages including two predetermined recipient addresses and a message;
- concurrently transmitting by the communication module the most probably corresponding message using to the two predetermined recipient addresses;
- and
- instructing by the processor a light module to generate a visual feedback and/or instructing by the processor a sound module to generate an audible feedback.
A system for sending at least one message concurrently to two recipient addresses, the system comprising:
- a housing;
- a communication module located inside the housing;
- a memory storing messages corresponding to captured movements, each stored message including at least two predetermined recipient addresses and a message for the recipient;
- a touchpad affixed to the housing, the touchpad capturing a movement of a user and generating a signal corresponding to the captured movement;
- a processor located inside the housing, the processor receiving the signal, analyzing the signal to determine a most probable corresponding message, and instructing the communication module to transmit one of a plurality of stored messages corresponding to the captured movement, the most probable corresponding message being concurrently transmitted to the two recipient addresses, and the processor instructing a light module to generate a visual feedback and/or instructing a sound module to generate an audible feedback.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.