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Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 13, 2017
Applicant:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Danny A. Grant, Laval, CA;

Erin B. Ramsay, Montreal, CA;

Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Montreal, CA;

David Birnbaum, Oakland, CA (US);

Robert W. Heubel, San Leandro, CA (US);

Hendrik Bartel, San Francisco, CA (US);

Christopher J. Ullrich, Ventura, CA (US);

Assignee:

IMMERSION CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0483 (2013.01); G06F 3/0485 (2013.01); G06F 17/30716 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0381 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04108 (2013.01); H04M 1/72522 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes a display configured to display a graphical simulation, a computer configured to run a software program designed to display the graphical simulation on the display, and a stylus constructed and arranged to be manipulated by a user of the system in at least two dimensions to affect the graphical simulation. The stylus includes an actuator configured to output a haptic effect to the user upon receiving a control signal from the computer.


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