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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
May. 05, 2017
Applicant:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Inventors:
Elliot W. Hawkes, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Inrak Choi, Stanford, CA (US);
Sean Follmer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/28 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/014 (2013.01); A63F 13/28 (2014.09); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8082 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile, wearable haptic device (the Wolverine) designed for simulating the grasping of objects in a virtual reality interface is disclosed. The Wolverine renders a force directly between the thumb and at least one finger to simulate opposition type grasps of the objects. Mechanical design, control strategy, and performance analysis of the Wolverine system are disclosed.