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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Billington, Campbell, CA (US);
William Rihn, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
IMMERSION CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01); A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63F 13/22 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/285 (2014.09); A63F 13/22 (2014.09); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 13/42 (2014.09); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wearable haptic-enabled user interface device comprising a plurality of magnetic elements and at least one electromagnet that are configured to generate a haptic effect at the user interface device by being disposed to generate at least one of an attractive force and a repelling force on each other when the at least one electromagnet is activated. The wearable haptic-enabled user interface device further comprises a processor configured to activate the at least one electromagnet in response to a determination to output the haptic effect.