Haptic actuator location detection
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorSean Jude William Lawrence
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Abstract
Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a virtual reality engine to create a virtual environment for a user, a communication engine in communication with at least one reference point pad on the user, and a haptic actuator location engine to determine a position of one or more removable haptic pads on the user using sensor data from the one or more removable haptic pads and the at least one reference point pad. In an example, the sensor data is motion data from an accelerometer, gyroscope, or some other sensor(s) to detect movement of the one or more removable haptic pads and the at least one reference point pad.
Claims25
An electronic device comprising:
- a virtual reality engine to create a virtual environment;
- a communication engine to communicate with at least one reference point pad located on a user;
- and
- a haptic actuator location engine to determine a position of one or more removable haptic pads on the user based on sensor data received from the one or more removable haptic pads and the at least one reference point pad.
A method comprising:
- identifying an addition of one or more removable haptic pads to a user;
- collecting sensor data from each of the added one or more removable haptic pads and from one or more reference point pads;
- and
- determining a location on the user where each of the one or more removable haptic pads were added.
A virtual reality system comprising:
- a virtual reality engine to create a virtual environment for a user, wherein the virtual environment includes haptic feedback to the user;
- a haptic system worn by the user, wherein the haptic system includes one or more reference point pads and one or more removable haptic pads;
- a communication engine in communication with at least one reference point pad on the user and the one or more removable haptic pads;
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- a haptic actuator location engine to determine a location of each of the one or more removable haptic pads on the user using sensor data from each of the one or more removable haptic pads and the one or more reference point pads.
An electronic device comprising:
- a communication engine to communicate with at least one reference point pad located on a user;
- and
- a haptic actuator location engine to determine a position of one or more removable haptic pads on the user based on sensor data received from the one or more removable haptic pads and the at least one reference point pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.