Method and apparatus for haptic feedback
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsMark Bisbee, Kevin Johnson
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for providing haptic feedback are disclosed. An apparatus may include one or more processors and a touch sensor coupled to the one or more processors for sensing a user input. The apparatus may also contain a haptic feedback system and a force sensor coupled to the haptic feedback system for measuring a force of the user input. The haptic feedback system may provide a haptic effect based at least in part upon the force of the user input and a configuration of the haptic feedback system, and the one or more processors may change the configuration of the haptic feedback system based upon an application being executed, or a user-selected configuration, or a power mode, or a combination of the aforementioned.
Claims27
An apparatus for providing a haptic effect, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors;
- a touch sensor coupled to the one or more processors and configured to sense a user input;
- a force sensor coupled to a haptic feedback system, the force sensor configured to measure a force of the user input and provide an input value to the haptic feedback system;
- wherein the haptic feedback system is configured to provide a first haptic effect based at least in part on the input value to the haptic feedback system and one or more current configuration settings;
- and
- wherein the one or more processors is coupled to the haptic feedback system and is configured to change the one or more current configuration settings of the haptic feedback system based at least in part upon a power mode.
A method for providing a haptic effect, the method comprising:
- sensing, by a touch sensor, a user input;
- sensing, by a force sensor, a force of the user input;
- providing, by the force sensor, an input value to a haptic feedback system based on the force of the user input;
- providing, by the haptic feedback system, a first haptic effect based at least in part on the input value and one or more current configuration settings;
- and
- changing, by a processor, the one or more current configuration settings of the haptic feedback system based at least in part upon a power mode.
A non-transitory computer readable medium, having software stored thereon, the software including instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a device to perform one or more operations comprising:
- sensing, by a touch sensor, a user input;
- sensing, by a force sensor, a force of the user input;
- providing, by the force sensor, an input to a haptic feedback system based on the force of the user input;
- providing, by the haptic feedback system, a first haptic effect based at least in part on the input to the haptic feedback system and one or more current configuration settings;
- and
- changing, by the one or more processors, the one or more current configuration settings of the haptic feedback system based at least in part upon a power mode.
An apparatus for providing a haptic effect, the apparatus comprising:
- means for sensing a user input;
- means for sensing a force of the user input;
- means for providing a first haptic effect based at least in part on the force of the user input and one or more current configuration settings;
- means for changing the one or more configuration settings based at least in part upon a power mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.