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Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Danny Grant, Laval, CA;

William Rihn, San Jose, CA (US);

Leonard Soskin, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

IMMERSION CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); A63F 13/98 (2014.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.01); A63F 13/428 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01); G05G 9/047 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.09); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 13/285 (2014.09); A63F 13/98 (2014.09); G05G 9/047 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); A63F 13/428 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09); A63F 2250/121 (2013.01); A63F 2250/52 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8082 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04703 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04718 (2013.01); G06F 2203/013 (2013.01); G06F 2203/015 (2013.01);
Abstract

A modular peripheral device assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a handheld controller and an assembly base. The handheld controller includes a first haptic actuator configured to generate a haptic effect at the handheld controller. The assembly base includes an attachment component that is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the handheld controller, and a second haptic actuator configured to generate haptic a effect at the assembly base or at the handheld controller when it is attached to the attachment component. The assembly further includes a control unit configured to select, based on whether the handheld controller is attached to or detached from the assembly base, at least one of the first and second haptic actuators to generate a haptic effect.


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Grant, Danny. (2019). Haptically-enabled modular peripheral device assembly (U.S. Patent No. 10198074). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10198074

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