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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vahid Khoshkava, Montreal, CA;
Mansoor Alghooneh, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
IMMERSION CORPORATION, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 13/285 (2014.09); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1684 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 2203/015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A haptic output device is configured to generate a deformation-based haptic effect and a vibration-based haptic effect. The haptic output device includes a shape memory material configured to change a shape thereof when heated and generate the deformation-based haptic effect, and a cooling device configured to cool the shape memory material and generate the vibration-based haptic effect.