Haptically enabled overlay for a pressure sensitive surface
AssigneeImmersion Corporation
InventorWilliam S. RIHN
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward electronic devices configured to produce haptic effects, and to haptic enabled film overlays for pressure sensitive surfaces. The systems and methods for haptic enabled film overlays include a processor and a plurality of sensors, a pressure sensitive touch surface coupled to the plurality of sensors and configured to detect a user interaction, and an overlay including a tactile user interface and a plurality of haptic output devices, the overlay being configured to provide a haptic effect in response to the user interaction.
Claims19
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a pressure sensitive touch surface comprising a sensor and configured to detect a user interaction;
- and
- an overlay comprising a tactile user interface and a haptic output device, the overlay being configured to provide a haptic effect in response to the user interaction, the haptic effect being spatially decoupled from the user interaction.
A method for rendering a haptic effect that is based on a user interaction, the method comprising:
- detecting the user interaction on a pressure sensitive touch surface having a sensor;
- and
- providing the haptic effect in response to the user interaction on an overlay comprising a tactile user interface and a haptic output device, the haptic effect being spatially decoupled from the user interaction.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by a processor, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:
- detecting a user interaction on a pressure sensitive touch surface having a sensor;
- and
- providing a haptic effect in response to the user interaction on an overlay comprising a tactile user interface and a haptic output device, the haptic effect being spatially decoupled from the user interaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.