公开(公告)号：US20080048974A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-28

申请号：US11861098

申请日：2007-09-25

申请人： Adam Braun ,  Louis Rosenberg ,  Kenneth Martin

发明人： Adam Braun ,  Louis Rosenberg ,  Kenneth Martin

IPC分类号： G05B19/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  A63F13/06 ,  A63F13/213 ,  A63F13/24 ,  A63F13/285 ,  A63F2300/1037 ,  A63F2300/1062 ,  A63F2300/8017 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/03543 ,  G06F3/03545 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/03548 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F2203/013 ,  G06F2203/014 ,  G06F2203/015 ,  G06F2203/0333 ,  H04L67/36 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： Methods and systems for textures and other spatial sensations for a relative haptic interface device are described. One embodiment includes a method comprising the steps of receiving a signal from a sensor, the sensor signal associated with a change in a position of a haptic feedback device, transmitting sensor data to a host processor, the sensor data associated with the sensor signal, receiving force information from the host processor, the force information comprising a texture sensation having at least one parameter describing at least one force to be output based at least in part on an interaction of a graphical object with a texture field, the force information further comprising at least one characteristic of the texture sensation, parsing the force information, storing the at least one characteristic, and determining when to output the at least one force based at least in part on the interaction.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于相对触觉接口设备的纹理和其他空间感觉的方法和系统。 一个实施例包括一种方法，包括以下步骤：从传感器接收信号，传感器信号与触觉反馈装置的位置变化相关联，将传感器数据传送到主机处理器，与传感器信号相关联的传感器数据，接收 所述力信息包括至少部分地基于图形对象与纹理字段的交互作用而具有至少一个描述要输出的力的参数的纹理感觉的力信息，所述力信息还包括： 纹理感觉的至少一个特征，解析力信息，存储至少一个特征，以及至少部分地基于交互来确定何时输出至少一个力。

公开(公告)号：US20050052415A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-10

申请号：US10888632

申请日：2004-07-08

申请人： Adam Braun ,  Louis Rosenberg ,  David Moore ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Alex Goldenberg

发明人： Adam Braun ,  Louis Rosenberg ,  David Moore ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Alex Goldenberg

IPC分类号： A63F13/06 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  G06F2203/013

摘要： Directional haptic feedback provided in a haptic feedback interface device. An interface device includes at least two actuator assemblies, which each include a moving inertial mass. A single control signal provided to the actuator assemblies at different magnitudes provides directional inertial sensations felt by the user. A greater magnitude waveform can be applied to one actuator to provide a sensation having a direction approximately corresponding to a position of that actuator in the housing. In another embodiment, the actuator assemblies each include a rotary inertial mass and the control signals have different duty cycles to provide directional sensations. For power-consumption efficiency, the control signals can be interlaced or pulsed at a different frequency and duty cycle to reduce average power requirements.

公开(公告)号：US20050030284A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-10

申请号：US10944628

申请日：2004-09-17

申请人： Adam Braun ,  Louis Rosenberg ,  David Moore ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Alex Goldenberg

发明人： Adam Braun ,  Louis Rosenberg ,  David Moore ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Alex Goldenberg

IPC分类号： A63F13/06 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  G06F2203/013

摘要： Directional haptic feedback provided in a haptic feedback interface device. An interface device includes at least two actuator assemblies, which each include a moving inertial mass. A single control signal provided to the actuator assemblies at different magnitudes provides directional inertial sensations felt by the user. A greater magnitude waveform can be applied to one actuator to provide a sensation having a direction approximately corresponding to a position of that actuator in the housing. In another embodiment, the actuator assemblies each include a rotary inertial mass and the control signals have different duty cycles to provide directional sensations. For power-consumption efficiency, the control signals can be interlaced or pulsed at a different frequency and duty cycle to reduce average power requirements.

公开(公告)号：US20050057509A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-17

申请号：US10951350

申请日：2004-09-28

申请人： Jeffrey Mallett ,  Dean Chang ,  Louis Rosenberg ,  Adam Braun ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Jonathan Beamer

发明人： Jeffrey Mallett ,  Dean Chang ,  Louis Rosenberg ,  Adam Braun ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Jonathan Beamer

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/042 ,  G09G5/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/0354 ,  G06F3/03548 ,  G06F3/038 ,  G06F3/0421 ,  G06F2203/014 ,  G06F2203/015

摘要： An interface device and method for providing enhanced cursor control with force feedback. A force feedback interface device includes a manipulandum, such as a mouse, that is moveable in a local workspace. The device is coupled to a host computer that displays a cursor in a graphical environment, such as a GUI, on a display screen. An interior region and a border region in the local workspace is defined. One mapping of device movement to cursor movement is used for the interior region, and a different mapping is used for the border region. Mapping methods include ballistics, absolute, linear, rate control, and variable absolute. Rate control embodiments can be single axis or dual axis. In one embodiment, when the mouse moves from the interior region to the border region, the mapping providing the greater cursor velocity is used to better conserve device workspace in the direction of travel and to decrease any sense of mapping mode change to the user. Other features include an autocentering function for reducing offset between local and host frames.

摘要翻译： 一种用于通过力反馈提供增强的光标控制的接口设备和方法。 力反馈接口设备包括可在本地工作空间中移动的操纵，例如鼠标。 该设备耦合到在显示屏幕上的诸如GUI的图形环境中显示光标的主计算机。 定义本地工作空间中的内部区域和边界区域。 对于内部区域使用设备移动到光标移动的一个映射，并且边界区域使用不同的映射。 映射方法包括弹道学，绝对线性，速率控制和可变绝对。 速率控制实施例可以是单轴或双轴。 在一个实施例中，当鼠标从内部区域移动到边界区域时，提供较大光标速度的映射用于在行进方向上更好地节省设备工作空间并且减少对用户的任何映射模式改变的感觉。 其他功能包括用于减少本地和主机帧之间的偏移的自动对中功能。

公开(公告)号：US20060267944A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-30

申请号：US11499425

申请日：2006-08-04

申请人： Louis Rosenberg ,  Kenneth Martin

发明人： Louis Rosenberg ,  Kenneth Martin

IPC分类号： G09G5/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  A63F13/06 ,  A63F13/24 ,  A63F13/285 ,  A63F2300/1037 ,  A63F2300/1062 ,  A63F2300/8017 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/03543 ,  G06F3/03545 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F2203/013 ,  G06F2203/014 ,  G06F2203/015 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A low-cost tactile feedback mouse device for providing haptic feedback to a user for enhancing interactions and manipulations in a graphical environment provided by a computer. The mouse device includes a sensor device able to detect the movement of the mouse in the planar workspace. An actuator is coupled to the housing of the mouse and applies an inertial force in a particular degree of freedom, preferably along an axis perpendicular to the planar workspace, where the inertial force is transmitted through the housing to the user. The actuator outputs the inertial force preferably by linearly moving an inertial mass along the Z-axis. The output force is correlated with interaction of a controlled graphical object, such as a cursor, with other graphical objects in a graphical environment displayed by the host computer. The inertial force can be a pulse, vibration, texture force, or other type of force.

摘要翻译： 一种低成本触觉反馈鼠标装置，用于向用户提供触觉反馈以增强由计算机提供的图形环境中的交互和操纵。 鼠标装置包括能够检测鼠标在平面工作空间中移动的传感器装置。 致动器联接到鼠标的壳体，并且以特定的自由度，优选沿垂直于平面工作空间的轴施加惯性力，其中惯性力通过壳体传递给使用者。 致动器优选地通过沿Z轴线性移动惯性质量来输出惯性力。 输出力与诸如光标的受控图形对象与主计算机显示的图形环境中的其他图形对象的交互相关。 惯性力可以是脉冲，振动，纹理力或其他类型的力。

公开(公告)号：US20050073496A1

公开(公告)日：2005-04-07

申请号：US10389892

申请日：2003-03-17

申请人： David Moore ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Steve Vassallo ,  Louis Rosenberg

发明人： David Moore ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Steve Vassallo ,  Louis Rosenberg

IPC分类号： G05G9/047 ,  G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G09B23/28 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/08

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  G05G9/047 ,  G06F2203/015 ,  G09B23/285

摘要： A flexure mechanism for an interface device that interfaces a user with a computer system. An interface device includes a manipulandum physically contacted by the user. A five-bar closed-loop mechanism is coupled to the manipulandum to provide two rotary degrees of freedom to the manipulandum. The mechanism includes members coupled to each other by flexible couplings allowing rotation of the members. In preferred embodiments, four or five of the members are coupled together by flexible couplings that allow bending, thereby forming a unitary piece, where the couplings are oriented along axes of rotation of the mechanism. A senor senses a position of the manipulandum outputs a sensor signal, and in some embodiments actuators are coupled to the mechanism to output a force to the manipulandum in particular degrees of freedom. The manipulandum can be a joystick handle or portion of a sphere, where the device in one embodiment can be a handheld gamepad or similar controller.

摘要翻译： 用于将用户与计算机系统接口的接口设备的弯曲机构。 接口设备包括用户实际接触的操作。 五杆闭环机构与操作联系在一起，为操纵提供两个旋转自由度。 该机构包括通过允许构件旋转的柔性联接器彼此联接的构件。 在优选实施例中，四个或五个构件通过允许弯曲的柔性联接器联接在一起，从而形成整体构件，其中联接件沿着机构的旋转轴线定向。 传感器感测到操纵的位置输出传感器信号，并且在一些实施例中，致动器联接到机构以在特定的自由度上向操纵力输出力。 操纵杆可以是操纵杆手柄或球体的一部分，其中一个实施例中的装置可以是手持式操纵手柄或类似的控制器。

公开(公告)号：US20070152988A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-05

申请号：US11603294

申请日：2006-11-21

申请人： Michael Levin ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Bruce Schena ,  Adam Braun ,  Louis Rosenberg

发明人： Michael Levin ,  Kenneth Martin ,  Bruce Schena ,  Adam Braun ,  Louis Rosenberg

IPC分类号： G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/016

摘要： The present invention provides a control knob on a device that allows a user to control functions of the device. In one embodiment, the knob is rotatable in a rotary degree of freedom and moveable in at least one transverse direction approximately perpendicular to the axis. An actuator is coupled to the knob to output a force in the rotary degree of freedom about the axis, thus providing force feedback. In a different embodiment, the knob is provided with force feedback in a rotary degree of freedom about an axis and is also moveable in a linear degree of freedom approximately parallel to the axis, allowing the knob to be pushed and/or pulled by the user. The device controlled by the knob can be a variety of types of devices, such as an audio device, video device, etc. The device can also include a display providing an image updated in response to manipulation of the knob. Detent forces can be provided for the knob by overlapping and adjusting ranges of closely-spaced detents in the rotary degree of freedom of the knob.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种设备上的控制旋钮，其允许用户控制设备的功能。 在一个实施例中，旋钮可以旋转自由度旋转，并且在大致垂直于轴线的至少一个横向方向上可移动。 致动器联接到旋钮以输出围绕轴线的旋转自由度的力，从而提供力反馈。 在不同的实施例中，旋钮以关于轴线的旋转自由度提供力反馈，并且还可以在大致平行于轴线的线性自由度中移动，从而允许使用者推动和/或拉动旋钮 。 由旋钮控制的设备可以是各种类型的设备，诸如音频设备，视频设备等。设备还可以包括提供响应于旋钮的操纵而更新的图像的显示器。 可以通过在旋钮的旋转自由度中重叠和调整紧密间隔的棘爪的范围来为旋钮提供限位力。

公开(公告)号：US20080068349A1

公开(公告)日：2008-03-20

申请号：US11985655

申请日：2007-11-15

申请人： Louis Rosenberg ,  James Riegel

发明人： Louis Rosenberg ,  James Riegel

IPC分类号： G06F3/041

CPC分类号： G06F3/016 ,  A63F13/06 ,  A63F13/20 ,  A63F13/2145 ,  A63F13/285 ,  A63F13/426 ,  A63F13/92 ,  A63F2300/1037 ,  A63F2300/1062 ,  A63F2300/1075 ,  A63F2300/8017 ,  G06F1/1616 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F1/169 ,  G06F1/1692 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/03543 ,  G06F3/03545 ,  G06F3/03547 ,  G06F3/0362 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0416 ,  G06F3/04847 ,  G06F3/04855 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F2203/013 ,  G06F2203/014 ,  G06F2203/015 ,  H01H2003/008 ,  H01H2215/052 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A haptic feedback planar touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor of the computer based on a location of user contact on the touch surface. The computer can position a cursor in a displayed graphical environment based at least in part on the position signal, or perform a different function. At least one actuator is also coupled to the touch input device and outputs a force to provide a haptic sensation to the user contacting the touch surface. The touch input device can be a touchpad separate from the computer's display screen, or can be a touch screen. Output haptic sensations on the touch input device can include pulses, vibrations, and spatial textures. The touch input device can include multiple different regions to control different computer functions.

公开(公告)号：US20070214182A1

公开(公告)日：2007-09-13

申请号：US11749134

申请日：2007-05-15

申请人： Louis Rosenberg

发明人： Louis Rosenberg

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G11B27/105 ,  G06F16/635 ,  G06F16/639 ,  G06F16/68 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  G11B27/11

摘要： Methods and Apparatus for enabling groups of patrons of localized physical establishments, such as restaurants and retail stores, to collaboratively select the sequence of musical media for public play. Some embodiments comprise receiving, at a centralized media server, a plurality of media request over a network from a plurality of separate personal portable computing devices, such as mobile phones. Each media request may comprise a media identifier, an establishment identifier and a customer identifier. In response to receiving such media requests, the centralized media server updates a listing of media files pending for play within a localized physical establishment associated with the establishment identifier. The centralized server also provides messaging functions, returning information to the portable computing devices of participating patrons, the information including for example, textual song dedications, song title and artist information, playlist lengths, and song popularity information.

摘要翻译： 用于使诸如餐馆和零售店之类的本地物理场所的顾客团体协同选择用于公众游戏的音乐媒体序列的方法和装置。 一些实施例包括在集中式媒体服务器处从诸如移动电话的多个单独的个人便携式计算设备通过网络接收多个媒体请求。 每个媒体请求可以包括媒体标识符，企业标识符和客户标识符。 响应于接收到这样的媒体请求，集中式媒体服务器在与该建立标识符相关联的本地化物理设备内更新等待播放的媒体文件的列表。 中央服务器还提供消息功能，将信息返回给参与顾客的便携式计算设备，信息包括例如文本歌曲奉献，歌曲标题和艺术家信息，播放列表长度和歌曲流行度信息。

公开(公告)号：US20070150188A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-28

申请号：US11683394

申请日：2007-03-07

申请人： Louis Rosenberg

发明人： Louis Rosenberg

IPC分类号： G01C21/32

CPC分类号： G01C21/3647

摘要： A system provides a first person video depiction of a planned travel route from a designated start location to a designated destination location in response to a user's travel planning request. A user interface receives a start location and a destination location for the travel route from a user. A routing component plans the travel route based between the start location and the destination location. A first person image database stores still images associated with locations between the start location and the destination location. The still images display first-person photographic imagery in a driving direction of the travel route. A video generator generates high-speed video media depicting at least a portion of the travel route from the start location to the destination location along a planned travel path. The video media is generated by sequencing a series of the still images associated with locations between the start location and the destination location. A display monitor displays the high-speed video media to the user.

摘要翻译： 响应于用户的旅行计划请求，系统提供从指定的开始位置到指定的目的地位置的计划旅行路线的第一人视频描述。 用户界面从用户接收旅行路线的起始位置和目的地位置。 路由组件根据起始位置和目的地位置之间规划行驶路线。 第一人物图像数据库存储与起始位置和目的地位置之间的位置相关联的静止图像。 静止图像在旅行路线的行进方向上显示第一人称摄影图像。 视频发生器产生高速视频媒体，其描绘沿着计划的行进路径从起始位置到目的地位置的行进路线的至少一部分。 通过对与起始位置和目的地位置之间的位置相关联的一系列静止图像进行排序来生成视频媒体。 显示器显示器向用户显示高速视频媒体。