Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Haptic feedback mechanism for an interactive garment
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Application No.: US15622921Application Date: 2017-06-14
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Publication No.: US10318005B2Publication Date: 2019-06-11
- Inventor: Nan-Wei Gong , Mustafa Emre Karagozler
- Applicant: Google Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Colby Nipper
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01 ; A41D1/00 ; G06F3/044 ; G08B6/00

Abstract:
This document describes techniques using, and objects embodying, a haptic feedback mechanism for an interactive garment. A wearable interactive garment (e.g., a jacket, shirt, or pants) may include various sensors that can sense user interactions in the form of single or multi-touch-input (e.g., gestures). A haptic feedback mechanism is integrated within the interactive garment and includes a vibration source (e.g., a vibration motor) and a transmission structure coupled to the vibration source. A controller is configured to control the haptic feedback mechanism to provide haptic feedback by causing the vibration source to distribute vibration to multiple vibration points within the transmission structure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180307315A1 Haptic Feedback Mechanism for an Interactive Garment Public/Granted day:2018-10-25
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