DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LOCALIZED HAPTIC EFFECTS TO A DISPLAY SCREEN

    公开(公告)号:US20200184785A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16705736

    申请日:2019-12-06

    IPC分类号: G08B6/00 G06F1/16 G06F3/01

    摘要: Devices and methods for providing localized haptic effects are provided. The devices include a haptically enabled display device having one or more haptic actuators. The one or more haptic actuators are located in a non-viewing area of a display screen of a haptically enabled display device and cause localized haptic effects in a viewing area of the display screen. The haptically enabled display device includes a processor configured to determine haptic control signals for activating the haptic actuators. The haptic control signal activates the one or more haptic actuators to provide a localized haptic effect at a target location in the viewing area, remote from the non-viewing area location of the one or more haptic actuators.

    SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING LIMITED DURATION HAPTIC EFFECTS

    公开(公告)号:US20190384396A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16010186

    申请日:2018-06-15

    IPC分类号: G06F3/01 B06B1/02

    摘要: Systems, devices, and methods for providing limited duration haptic effects are disclosed. Systems for providing limited duration haptic effects include sensors, control circuits, and vibration actuators configured closed loop feedback control of the vibration actuators. The sensors are configured to measure motion characteristics induced by the vibration actuators. The control circuits are configured to receive motion characteristic information from the sensors and provide closed loop feedback control of the vibration actuators. Closed loop feedback control permits precise control of vibration actuator output during limited duration haptic effects.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING RESISTIVE FEEDBACK

    公开(公告)号:US20190384394A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16010172

    申请日:2018-06-15

    IPC分类号: G06F3/01

    摘要: A flexible user interface device comprising a flexible body, a flex sensor, and a control unit is presented. The flex sensor is configured to sense the flexible body receiving an external flexing force. The control unit is configured to detect the flexible body receiving the external flexing force, to determine whether to generate resistive feedback that resists the external flexing force, and to cause the flexible body to increase in stiffness so as to resist the external flexing force. The stiffness is increased via an air sac, a layer of actuatable material such as a macrofiber composite material, electrostatic adhesion, electromagnetic attraction, micro-wedges, or in some other manner.

    UNITARY SENSOR AND HAPTIC ACTUATOR
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200097089A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16531729

    申请日:2019-08-05

    IPC分类号: G06F3/01 G06F3/041 G06F3/044

    摘要: A bi-functional apparatus for sensing touch and delivering a haptic signal. The bi-functional apparatus comprises first and second electrodes. The first electrode provides a haptic interface for delivering an electrostatic force and has a top surface and a bottom surface. A dielectric insulator covers the top surface of the first electrode. A sensor is positioned between the bottom surface of the first electrode and the second electrode. The sensor selectively provides electrical conductivity between the first and second electrodes in response to at least a threshold amount of pressure exerted against the dielectric insulator. A method of sensing touch and delivering a haptic signal with a single device. The method comprises receiving an input at a touch surface of a dielectric insulator layered over a first electrode; in response to receiving the input at the touch surface, increasing the electrical conductivity of a sensor positioned between the first electrode and a second electrode; in response to increasing electrical conductivity of the sensor, conducting an electrical current between the first and second electrodes; and in response to conducting an electrical current between the first and second electrodes, applying a haptic drive signal to the first electrode, the haptic drive signal creating an electrostatic force in the dielectric insulator.

    HAPTIC ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY WITH A SPRING PRE-LOAD DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20190384403A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-12-19

    申请号:US16460085

    申请日:2019-07-02

    IPC分类号: G06F3/01 B06B1/02 B06B1/06

    摘要: A haptic actuator assembly includes a haptic actuator configured to output displacement along a perpendicular axis and a pre-load device. The pre-load device is disposed adjacent to the haptic actuator and configured to generate a compressive load on the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis to oppose expansion of the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis. The pre-load device includes a casing and at least a first spring component. The casing includes a cover and a base spaced apart from and extending parallel to the cover. The haptic actuator is disposed between the cover and the base, and the first spring component is configured to exert a force in order to create the compressive load on the haptic actuator along the perpendicular axis.