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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:
Jul. 02, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ali Modarres, Montreal, CA;

Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Montreal, CA;

Christopher Ullrich, Ventura, CA (US);

Danny Grant, Laval, CA;

Neil Olien, Montreal, CA;

Vincent Levesque, Montreal, CA;

Assignee:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 2203/013 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01); G06F 2203/015 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04809 (2013.01);
Abstract

One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a processor configured to determine a haptic effect, wherein the haptic effect includes a static ESF effect or a confirmation ESF effect; and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect. The illustrative system also includes an ESF controller in communication with the processor, the ESF controller configured to receive the haptic signal, determine an ESF signal based at least in part on the haptic signal, and transmit the ESF signal. The illustrative system further includes an ESF device in communication with the ESF controller, the ESF device including an ESF cell and configured to receive the ESF signal and output the haptic effect.


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