Distributed haptics for wearable electronic devices
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsGEORGIOS C. DOGIAMIS, RAJASHREE BASKARAN
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Abstract
A wearable electronic device includes a displaceable member communicably coupled to a haptic control circuit. The haptic control circuit is communicably coupled to a configurable haptic output device. A user input, received at the displaceable member generates an input signal that includes information and/or data indicative of at least one displacement parameter associated with the displacement of the displaceable member. The input signal is communicated to the haptic control circuit. The haptic control circuit determines a haptic output parameter that corresponds to the received displacement parameter.
Claims27
A haptic feedback system for wearable electronic devices, the system comprising:
- a housing;
- a haptic output sub-system forming at least a portion of an exterior surface of the housing, the haptic output sub-system providing a selectively configurable haptic output pattern;
- a displaceable member operably coupled to the housing;
- a configurable circuit operably coupled to the displaceable member and to the haptic output sub-system;
- and
- a storage device communicably coupled to the configurable circuit, the storage device including machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the configurable circuit transform at least a portion of the configurable circuit to a haptic control circuit, the haptic control circuit to:
- receive a signal that includes data indicative of at least one displacement parameter corresponding to a user input received via the displaceable member;
- and
- generate an output signal that includes data indicative of at least one haptic output parameter corresponding to the received at least one displacement parameter.
A method of providing haptic output on a wearable electronic device, comprising:
- receiving, at an input interface circuit, a signal that includes data indicative of at least one displacement parameter corresponding to a user input received via a displaceable member operably coupled to the wearable electronic device;
- determining, by a haptic control circuit, a haptic output parameter corresponding to the received signal that includes data indicative of at least one displacement parameter;
- generating, by the haptic control circuit, an output signal that includes data indicative of at least one haptic output parameter;
- and
- causing a displacement of a haptic output device disposed at least partially on an exterior surface of the wearable electronic device.
A system for providing haptic output on a wearable electronic device, comprising:
- a means for receiving a signal that includes data indicative of at least one displacement parameter corresponding to a user input received via a displaceable member operably coupled to the wearable electronic device;
- a means for determining a haptic output parameter corresponding to the received signal that includes data indicative of at least one displacement parameter;
- a means for generating an output signal that includes data indicative of at least one haptic output parameter;
- and
- a means for causing a displacement of a haptic output device disposed at least partially on an exterior surface of the wearable electronic device.
A method of providing haptic output on a wearable electronic device, comprising:
- operably coupling a displaceable member to an external surface of a wearable electronic device;
- disposing a haptic array on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the wearable electronic device;
- communicably coupling the displaceable member to a haptic control circuit;
- communicably coupling the haptic array to the haptic control circuit;
- and
- communicably coupling a storage device that includes a library of haptic array outputs, each logically associated with a respective one of a plurality of inputs received via the displaceable member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.