Deere & Company

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Carnegie Mellon University

Matthew Feld Glisson

Ivan Poupyrev

Herman Herman

Richard Joseph Connell

Joshua T Lawson

Michael M Miller

Matthew B Levine

Raphael Bouterige

Rajinder Sodhi

Suryansh Saxena

Prathamesh Kini

Raymond Russell

James Ketterer

A system and method for controlling a vehicle platform, the system comprising on onboard controller and an off-board controller that work together to provide autonomous navigation in fields or similar areas where the vehicle is deployed, perception for obstacle detection and avoidance, and a user interface for user/vehicle interaction and control.

System and method of control for autonomous or remote-controlled vehicle platform

To convey tactile sensations over an open space, a system may use a vortex generator to direct one or more vortices at an object in 3-D space. Once a vortex strikes an object&#x2014;e.g., a user's hand&#x2014;it applies a force. The vortex generator can control the frequency and intensity of the vortices in order to provide different tactile sensations that correspond to virtual objects or events in a visual presentation. The system may identify and track objects in the real-world environment, and based on information provided by a device displaying the visual presentation, transmit instructions to the vortex generator to discharge vortices that convey a tactile sensation corresponding to the virtual object or event in the visual presentation. By doing so, the vortices augment the real-world environment to immerse the user in the visual presentation.

Using vortices to provide tactile sensations corresponding to a visual presentation

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Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

Matthew Feld Glisson