Ultrahaptics IP Ltd

Robert Charles Blenkinsopp

Benjamin John Oliver Long

Brian Alan Kappus

Thomas Andrew Carter

Sriram Subramanian

Sue Ann Seah

William Thierry Alain Frier

William Wren

Benjamin John Long

William Thierry Frier

Jonathan Martinez MUÑOZ

Adam Harwood

A system providing various improved calibration techniques for haptic feedback is described. An acoustic field is defined by one or more control points in a space within which the acoustic field may exist. Each control point is assigned an amplitude value equating to a desired amplitude of the acoustic field at the control point. Because complete control of space is not possible, controlling the acoustic field at given points yields erroneous local maxima in the acoustic field levels at other related positions. In relation to mid-air haptic feedback, these can interfere in interactions with the space by creating secondary effects and ghost phenomena that can be felt outside the interaction area. The level and nature of the secondary maxima in the acoustic field is determined by how the space is controlled. By arranging the transducer elements in different ways, unwanted effects on the acoustic field can be limited and controlled.

Calibration techniques in haptic systems

A system providing various improved perceptions techniques for haptic feedback above interactive surfaces that require no contact with either tools, attachments or the surface itself is described. A range of receptors in a perceiving member which is part of the human body is identified to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback. A vibration frequency that is in the range of the receptors in the perceiving member is chosen and dynamically altered to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback throughout the receiving member.

Perceptions in a haptic system

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Robert Charles Blenkinsopp