Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Haptic trackball device
- Patent Title (中): 触觉轨迹球装置
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Application No.: US12769478Application Date: 2010-04-28
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Publication No.: US08462116B2Publication Date: 2013-06-11
- Inventor: Ryan D. Bruneau , Ramon Alarcon , Louis B. Rosenberg , Erik J. Shahoian
- Applicant: Ryan D. Bruneau , Ramon Alarcon , Louis B. Rosenberg , Erik J. Shahoian
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Immersion Corporation
- Current Assignee: Immersion Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/033
- IPC: G06F3/033 ; G09G5/00

Abstract:
In an aspect, an electronic device includes a housing; a manipulandum positioned in the housing, wherein the manipulandum is moveable in at least one rotary degree of freedom in response to a user moving the manipulandum; a sensor coupled to the manipulandum, the sensor outputs sensor signals associated with the movement of the manipulandum in the at least one rotary degree of freedom by the user's direct contact; a processor coupled to the sensor and configured to output one or more activating signals based on the sensor signals; a first actuator coupled to the manipulandum, wherein the first actuator outputs a contact force to the manipulandum upon receiving a first activating signal; and a second actuator positioned within the housing and separate from the first actuator, wherein the second actuator outputs an inertial force to the housing upon receiving a second activating signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100207882A1 Haptic Trackball Device Public/Granted day:2010-08-19
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