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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2018
Applicant:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vincent Levesque, Montreal, CA;

Jamal Saboune, Montreal, CA;

Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Montreal, CA;

Abdelwahab Hamam, Montreal, CA;

Vahid Khoshkava, Montreal, CA;

Liwen Wu, Montreal, CA;

Assignee:

IMMERSION CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1633 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1634 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system includes an electronic device that includes a display screen, a cover configured to cover the display screen, a sensor configured to sense an input gesture comprising deformation and/or movement of the cover relative to the electronic device, and a processor configured to determine an action for the electronic device to perform based on the input gesture, to determine a haptic effect to generate based on the input gesture and/or the action for the electronic device to perform, and to initiate the action. The system also includes a haptic output device configured to generate the haptic effect.


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