Wearable article having an actuator that performs non-haptic and haptic operations
AssigneeImmersion Corporation
InventorsVincent Levesque, Vahid Khoshkava
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Abstract
A haptic zipper is provided. The haptic zipper includes a first chain, a second chain opposing the first chain, a slider, an actuator coupled to the slider, and a controller coupled to the actuator. The slider is coupled to the first chain and the second chain to mesh or disengage opposing teeth of the first and second chains. The controller is configured to process an input signal including data related to a haptic effect, generate a haptic drive signal based on the data, and transmit the haptic drive signal to the actuator to render the haptic effect.
Claims21
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A method of operating a haptic zipper, comprising:
- receiving, from a remote device over a wireless connection, an input signal including haptic effect data;
- generating a haptic drive signal based on the haptic effect data;
- transmitting the haptic drive signal to an actuator coupled to a slider, the slider configured to mesh or disengage opposing teeth of a first chain and a second chain;
- and
- rendering a haptic effect by moving the slider.
A wearable article, comprising:
- a smart material;
- and
- a controller, coupled to the smart material, configured to:
- process an input signal including data related to a haptic effect, generate a haptic drive signal based on the data, and
- transmit the haptic drive signal to the smart material to render the haptic effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.