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US 11,029,760 B2Granted
Simulating touch in a virtual environment
AssigneeeBay Inc.
InventorClayton Gustin
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Abstract
In various example embodiments, a system and method for simulating touch in a virtual environment is disclosed. In one example embodiment, a system includes one or more circuits configured to receive an indicator of a sensed touch in a virtual environment and to determine, based on the indicator, an area of the sensed touch. The one or more circuits are further configured to generate a simulated touch by applying a field to one or more touch simulators, the field actuating the one or more touch simulators by linearly displacing an element of the one or more touch simulators.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- virtual environment goggles to display a virtual environment to a user;
- a touch simulation system including one or more circuits, the touch simulation system configured to:
- receive an indicator of a sensed touch in the virtual environment displayed to the user via the virtual environment goggles;
- determine, based on the indicator, an area of the sensed touch;
- determine properties of a virtual object in the virtual environment displayed to the user via the virtual environment goggles that caused the sensed touch;
- and
- generate, based at least in part on the properties of the virtual object, a simulated touch by applying a temperature to the area of the sensed touch.
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A method comprising:
- receiving an indicator of a sensed touch in a virtual environment displayed to a user via virtual environment goggles;
- determining, by one or more circuits and based on the indicator, an area of the sensed touch;
- determining properties of a virtual object in the virtual environment displayed to the user via the virtual environment goggles that caused the sensed touch;
- and
- generating, based at least in part on the properties of the virtual object, a simulated touch by applying a temperature to the area of the sensed touch.
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A device comprising:
- an article of clothing;
- and
- an array of touch simulators embedded in the article of clothing;
- and
- one or more circuits configured to:
- receive an indicator of a sensed touch in a virtual environment displayed to a user;
- determine, based on the indicator, an area of the sensed touch;
- receive properties of a virtual object in the virtual environment displayed to the user that caused the sensed touch;
- and
- send, based at least in part on the properties of the virtual object, current to one or more touch simulators in the array to apply a temperature to the area of the sensed touch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.