Coordinated stylus haptic action
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsErik Jacob Olsen, Robert Duane Rost
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Abstract
A computing device can coordinate haptic action with a stylus. The computing device can receive an indication of the stylus from the stylus and determine that coordinated haptic action is associated with a user input. The computing device can send haptic instructions to the stylus where the haptic instructions are based at least in part on the coordinated haptic action. The stylus can activate its haptic actuator in response to receiving the haptic instruction. The computing device can also activate its haptic actuator based at least in part on the coordinated haptic action.
Claims23
A computing device comprising:
- a first haptic actuator;
- at least one processor;
- and
- one or more memories comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, at least cause the computing device to:
- receive a signal from a stylus, the stylus comprising a second haptic actuator,
- determine, based at least in part on information received in the signal, that the stylus has haptic capabilities,
- receive a user input from the stylus,
- determine a coordinated haptic response based at least in part on the user input, wherein the coordinated response coordinates a haptic response in at least the stylus and the computing device,
- send haptic instructions to the stylus based at least in part on the coordinated haptic response, wherein the stylus is configured to activate the second haptic actuator in accordance with the haptic instructions sent by the computing device, and
- activate the first haptic actuator based at least in part on the coordinated haptic response.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device from a stylus, an indication of the stylus, the computing device comprising a first haptic actuator and the stylus comprising a second haptic actuator;
- determining, by the computing device, that coordinated haptic action is associated with a user input, wherein the coordinated response coordinates a haptic response in at least the stylus and the computing device;
- sending, by the computing device to the stylus, haptic instructions based at least in part on the coordinated haptic action, wherein the stylus is configured to activate the second haptic actuator in response to receiving the haptic instruction;
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- activating, by the computing device, the first haptic actuator based at least in part on the coordinated haptic action.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions comprising instructions that, when executed by a computing device, at least cause:
- receiving, by the computing device, a user input comprising a request to find a stylus;
- sending, from the computing device to the stylus, a first signal;
- receiving, by the computing device from the stylus, a second signal, wherein the stylus is configured to send the second signal in response to receiving the first signal;
- estimating, by the computing device, a distance from the computing device to the stylus based at least in part on a signal strength of the second signal;
- sending, by the computing device, haptic instructions to the stylus based at least in part on the estimated distance from the computing device to the stylus, wherein the stylus is configured to activate a haptic actuator of the stylus in accordance with the haptic instructions;
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- activating, by the computing device, a haptic actuator of the computing device at a first frequency based at least in part on the estimated distance from the computing device to the stylus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.