Systems and methods for enhanced continuous awareness in vehicles using haptic feedback
AssigneeImmersion Corporation
InventorsAli MODARRES, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Danny A. GRANT, Neil OLIEN
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Abstract
A system for a vehicle includes a sensor configured to sense information associated with the vehicle's surroundings, environment and/or condition and output a sensor signal based on the sensed information, a processor configured to receive the sensor signal, determine haptic feedback for the system to display based on the sensor signal, and output a haptic control signal, and a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic control signal from the processor and generate the haptic feedback to a driver of the vehicle based on the haptic control signal.
Claims21
A system for a vehicle, the system comprising:
- a sensor configured to sense information associated with the vehicle's surroundings, environment and/or condition and output a sensor signal based on the sensed information;
- a processor configured to receive the sensor signal, determine haptic feedback for the system to display based on the sensor signal, and output a haptic control signal;
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- a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic control signal from the processor and generate the haptic feedback to a driver of the vehicle based on the haptic control signal.
A method comprising:
- sensing information from a vehicle's surroundings, environment and/or condition with at least one sensor;
- determining haptic feedback to generate to a driver of the vehicle based on the information sensed by the sensor and generating a haptic control signal with a processor;
- and
- generating the haptic feedback to the driver with a haptic output device based on the haptic control signal received from the processor.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a driver's seat;
- a seat belt;
- a steering wheel;
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- a system for providing haptic feedback to a driver of the vehicle, the system comprising
- a sensor configured to sense information associated with the vehicle's surroundings, environment and/or condition and output a sensor signal based on the sensed information,
- a processor configured to receive the sensor signal, determine haptic feedback for the system to display based on the sensor signal, and output a haptic control signal, and
- a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic control signal from the processor and generate the haptic feedback to the driver of the vehicle based on the haptic control signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.