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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sean Jason Keller, Kirkland, WA (US);
Tristan Thomas Trutna, Seattle, WA (US);
Nicholas Roy Corson, Mukilteo, WA (US);
Garett Andrew Ochs, Seattle, WA (US);
Raymond King, Redmond, WA (US);
Elia Gatti, Redmond, WA (US);
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments relate to a system and a method for providing haptic feedback to a user by controlling an area of a surface of a haptic assembly in touch (directly or indirectly) with a user. The haptic assembly can be actuated such that a surface area of the haptic assembly in contact with a user can be adjusted. An area of the haptic assembly in contact with a user can be changed by modifying a shape of the haptic assembly. Hence, by changing the shape of the haptic assembly, a user touching a virtual object in a virtual space with a particular rigidity can be emulated.