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US 9,436,280 B2Granted
Simulation of three-dimensional touch sensation using haptics
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsRobert S. Tartz, Bennett M. King
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a processing system, a display, and a plurality of haptic actuators. The display and the haptic actuators are coupled to the processing system. The processing system is configured to control the haptic actuators to simulate movement in a particular direction corresponding to movement in the particular direction in a visual depiction in the display.
Claims38
An apparatus that is a handheld device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a processing system in the housing;
- a display associated with the housing and coupled to the processing system;
- a plurality of haptic actuators associated with the housing and coupled to the processing system, wherein at least one of the haptic actuators is capable of providing a temperature feedback;
- and
- an environmental sensor configured to provide signals to the processing system indicative of a location of the handheld device relative to the user,
- wherein the processing system is configured to control a movement of an object in a particular direction in the display, to control the haptic actuators in coordination with the movement of the object in the display to thereby provide a haptic feedback in the particular direction, and to modify the particular direction based on signals from the environmental sensor so that haptic feedback comprising temperature feedback is provided in the modified direction based on the location of the handheld device relative to the user.
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A method performed by a handheld device, comprising:
- providing a visual depiction of an object in a display associated with a housing of the handheld device;
- providing signals indicative of a location of the handheld device relative to the user;
- and controlling a movement of the object in a particular direction in the display, controlling a plurality of haptic actuators associated with the housing in coordination with the movement of the object in the display to thereby provide a haptic feedback in the particular direction, and modifying the particular direction based on signals from the environmental sensor so that haptic feedback comprising temperature feedback is provided in the modified direction based on the location of the handheld device relative to the user, wherein at least one of the haptic actuators is capable of providing a temperature feedback.
An apparatus that is a handheld device, comprising:
- means for providing a visual depiction of an object in a display associated with a housing of the handheld device;
- means for providing signals indicative of a location of the handheld device relative to the user;
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- means for controlling a movement of the object in a particular direction in the display, controlling a plurality of haptic actuators associated with the housing in coordination with the movement of the object in the display to thereby provide a haptic feedback in the particular direction, and modifying the particular direction based on signals from the environmental sensor so that haptic feedback comprising temperature feedback is provided in the modified direction based on the location of the handheld device relative to the user, wherein at least one of the haptic actuators is capable of providing a temperature feedback.
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A non-transitory computer program product for a handheld device, comprising:
- a computer-readable medium comprising code for:
- providing a visual depiction of an object in a display associated with a housing of the handheld device;
- and
- controlling a movement of the object in a particular direction in the display, controlling a plurality of haptic actuators associated with the housing in coordination with the movement of the object in the display to thereby provide a haptic feedback in the particular direction, and modifying the particular direction based on signals indicative of a location of the handheld device relative to the user provided by an environmental sensor so that haptic feedback comprising temperature feedback is provided in the modified direction based on the location of the handheld device relative to the user, wherein at least one of the haptic actuators is capable of providing a temperature feedback.
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An apparatus that is a handheld device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a processing system in the housing;
- a display associated with the housing and coupled to the processing system;
- a plurality of haptic actuators associated with the housing and coupled to the processing system, wherein at least one of the haptic actuators is capable of providing a temperature feedback;
- and
- an environmental sensor configured to provide signals to the processing system indicative of a location of the handheld device relative to the user,
- wherein the processing system configured to:
- provide a visual depiction of an object in the display;
- control a movement of an object in a particular direction in the display, control the haptic actuators in coordination with the movement of the object in the display thereby provide a haptic feedback in the particular direction, and to modify the particular direction based on signals from the environmental sensor so that haptic feedback comprising temperature feedback is provided in the modified direction based on the location of the handheld device relative to the user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.