Tactile feedback array control
AssigneeYahoo Holdings, Inc.
InventorSukriti Chadha
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Abstract
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for controlling a tactile feedback array are provided. For example, object information of objects displayed within a user interface rendered on a display screen of a computing device is extracted. The object information is evaluated to identify a target object. A location of the target object within the user interface relative to the tactile feedback array is determined. One or more tactile feedback devices of the tactile feedback array are triggered to activate based upon the location of the target object.
Claims20
A method of controlling a tactile feedback array, comprising:
- executing, on a processor of a computing device, instructions that cause the computing device to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- extracting object information of objects renderable within a user interface on a display screen of the computing device;
- evaluating the object information to identify a target object;
- determining a location of the target object within the user interface relative to a tactile feedback array associated with the computing device;
- and
- trigging one or more tactile feedback devices of the tactile feedback array to activate based upon the location of the target object.
A computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory comprising processor-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- maintaining a mapping that maps locations of tactile feedback devices of a tactile feedback array to display locations of a display of the computing device;
- extracting object information of objects renderable within a user interface on the display of the computing device;
- evaluating the object information to identify a target object;
- identifying a display location corresponding to a location of the target object within the user interface;
- evaluating the mapping to determine that one or more tactile feedback devices correspond to the display location;
- and
- triggering the one or more tactile feedback devices to activate.
A non-transitory machine readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions that when executed cause performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- extracting object information of objects renderable within a user interface on a display screen of a computing device;
- evaluating the object information to identify a target object;
- tracking movement of the target object within the user interface relative to a tactile feedback array associated with the computing device;
- and
- trigging one or more tactile feedback devices to activate based upon the movement of the target object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.