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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Jason Andrew Higgins, Seattle, WA (US);
Khaled Boulos, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Facebook Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/24 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosed apparatus may include a support structure that holds a portion of the apparatus in physical contact with a user's fingertip, a feedback mechanism that provides tactile feedback to the user's fingertip, a position tracking element that facilitates tracking the position of the user's fingertip, and a communication component that facilitates communication between the apparatus and a control device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.