Haptic microphone
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsGregory K. Lee, Sastra V. Malapaka, Kenneth D. Maness
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Abstract
A microphone having an embedded haptic device, along with an associated program product and methodology for controlling the haptic device. A microphone is disclosed that includes: a haptic device embedded therein capable of outputting a haptic response; and a haptic control system having an input system for receiving an external input associated with a use of the microphone, an analysis engine for analyzing the external input, and a haptic response controller for triggering the haptic response.
Claims20
A microphone, comprising:
- a haptic device embedded therein capable of outputting a plurality of different haptic responses;
- and
- a haptic control system having an input system for receiving different external inputs associated with uses of the microphone, an analysis engine for analyzing a received external input, and a haptic response controller for triggering a selected haptic response from the plurality of different haptic responses based on a type of received external input.
A program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which when executed by a computer system, controls haptic response outputs for a microphone, comprising:
- program code for receiving different external inputs associated with uses of the microphone;
- program code for analyzing a received external input to determine if one of a plurality of different alert conditions exist;
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- program code for triggering one of a plurality of different haptic responses on a haptic device associated with the microphone based on a type of alert condition.
A method of providing haptic feedback in a microphone having a haptic device, comprising:
- receiving an external input associated with a use of the microphone;
- analyzing the external input to determine if an alert condition exists, wherein the alert condition indicates that the microphone is outside a predefined area;
- and
- triggering the haptic device when the alert condition is present.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.