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US 2018/0000429 A1Published application
Systems and methods for providing enhanced haptic feedback
AssigneeImmersion Corporation
InventorsVincent LEVESQUE, Abdelwahab HAMAM, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Vahid KHOSHKAVA
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Abstract
A system includes a haptic output device constructed and arranged to generate a haptic effect to a user of the system, and a chemical delivery device constructed and arranged to deliver a chemical to the user of the system.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a haptic output device constructed and arranged to generate a haptic effect to a user of the system;
- and
- a chemical delivery device constructed and arranged to physically deliver a chemical to the user of the system.
A method to alter a haptic effect felt by a user of an electronic device, the method comprising:
- physically delivering a chemical with a chemical delivery device to the user of the electronic device to change tactile sensitivity of the user of the electronic device;
- and
- generating the haptic effect to the user of the electronic device with a haptic output device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.