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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2015
Applicant:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher J. Ullrich, Ventura, CA (US);
Stephen D. Rank, San Jose, CA (US);
Munibe M. Bakircioglu, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 9/82 (2006.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/43 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/81 (2011.01); H04N 21/8547 (2011.01); H04N 19/85 (2014.01); G09G 5/18 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G09G 5/18 (2013.01); H04N 9/8205 (2013.01); H04N 19/85 (2014.11); H04N 21/234318 (2013.01); H04N 21/4131 (2013.01); H04N 21/4307 (2013.01); H04N 21/4325 (2013.01); H04N 21/81 (2013.01); H04N 21/8547 (2013.01); G09G 2370/02 (2013.01); H04M 1/72544 (2013.01); H04M 1/72558 (2013.01); H04M 19/047 (2013.01); H04M 19/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
Haptic information in a series of frames of a media file is identified and time stamps corresponding thereto are determined in accordance with information embedded in a tag either preceding or appending the media file. The haptic effect information is automatically synchronized to the media file based on the information in one or more frames of the tag, whereby an actuator outputs the defined haptic effects in the tag in a manner synchronized with corresponding audio and/or video content of the media file.