Reconfigurable Controller Devices, Systems, and Methods
AssigneeTactical Haptics
InventorsWilliam R. Provancher, Daniel J. Lee
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Abstract
The present invention relates to mating a controller to “mate-points” or objects in the environment, mating to accessories, or to mating multiple controllers together in different configurations by joining them at one of several possible mating locations that are part of the controllers. Changing the device configurations transforms both the way that input from the controllers is interpreted and how feedback is sent back to the controller. The mating interfaces between the controllers can be tailored to prevent or allow relative motion as per desired for a specific use case and to accommodate human ergonomics.
Claims15
A controller device system with at least one mate-point, the device comprising:
- a mate-point positioned on a housing of a controller device;
- and a set of pose profiles, wherein:
- the set of pose profiles comprise unique pose profiles for different mate-point configurations.
A computer system for dynamically joining two separate controllers, comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more computer-readable media having stored thereon executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors configure the computer system to perform at least the following:
- identify with a sensor group a first pose of a first controller relative to a reference frame;
- identify with the sensor group a second pose of a second controller relative to the reference frame;
- determine that the first pose and the second pose map to a first pose profile selected from a set of pose profiles, wherein the first pose profile is associated with a particular configuration of mated controllers;
- and
- activate the first pose profile, wherein the first pose profile comprises:
- an input configuration file that is unique to the particular configuration of mated controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.