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US 2003/0076298 A1Published application
Method of using tactile feedback to deliver silent status information to a user of an electronic device
AssigneeImmersion Corporation
InventorLouis B. Rosenberg
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention use haptic feedback to deliver status information to users in environments and situations where sight and/or sound is too overt from a privacy perspective. In one embodiment, localized haptic sensations can be delivered to a user through a tactile element that is positioned on a region of a housing of the electronic device that is engaged by a user.
Claims23
An electronic device comprising:
- a housing comprising a user contactable region;
- a tactile element coupled to the user contactable region;
- and
- an actuator coupled to the tactile element and capable of outputting a haptic sensation localized to the tactile element.
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A haptic feedback assembly comprising:
- a user contactable region including a tactile element;
- and
- an actuator coupled to the tactile element in a way that allows outputting a haptic sensation localized to the tactile element.
An electronic device for delivering a localized haptic sensation to a user, the device comprising:
- a housing;
- tactile means for delivering the localized haptic sensation to the user, wherein the tactile means are coupled to a region of the housing that is contacted by a user;
- and
- actuation means for outputting the localized haptic sensation to the user contacting the tactile means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.