System and method for providing tactile feedback
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsALEKSANDAR ALEKSOV, RAVINDRANATH V. MAHAJAN, BRIAN S. DOYLE
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Abstract
A system and method for providing tactile feedback in a user interface. The system includes a tactile feedback assembly configured to communicate with a user interface of an electronic device. The tactile feedback assembly is configured to provide mechanical and/or nerve stimulation to a user during user interaction (e.g. navigation, input of data, etc.) of the user interface. The mechanical and/or nerve stimulation is configured to provide a user with tactile sensation (in the form of the sense of touch) in response to user interaction with the user interface, including, but not limited to, sense of texture and sense of pressure.
Claims27
A tactile feedback assembly for providing tactile feedback in a user interface, said assembly comprising:
- a feedback control module configured to receive data related to a user interface of a device and generate at least one feedback signal based on said data;
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- one or more feedback elements configured to provide tactile sensation to a user during user interaction with said user interface based on said at least one feedback signal from said feedback control module.
A system for providing tactile feedback in a user interface of a device, said system comprising:
- a device having a user interface presented on a display, wherein said user interface allows a user to interact with and control one or more operations of said device by way of one or more selection inputs;
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- a tactile feedback assembly configured to provide tactile feedback to said user based on said user interface of said device, said tactile feedback assembly comprising:
- a feedback control module configured to receive data related to said user interface and generate at least one feedback signal based on said data;
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- one or more feedback elements configured to provide tactile sensation to said user during user interaction with said user interface based on said at least one feedback signal from said feedback control module.
At least one computer accessible medium storing instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations for providing tactile feedback in a user interface, said operations comprising:
- receiving data related to a user interface of a device;
- generating a feedback signal based on said data related to said user interface;
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- providing one or more tactile sensations to a user interacting with said user interface based on said feedback signal.
A method for providing tactile feedback in a user interface, said method comprising:
- receiving, by a feedback control module, data related to a user interface of a device;
- generating, by said feedback control module, a feedback signal based on said data related to said user interface;
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- providing, by one or more feedback elements, one or more tactile sensations to a user interacting with said user interface based on said feedback signal from said feedback control module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.