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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2018
Applicant:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Erin B. Ramsay, Montreal, CA;
Henrique D. da Costa, Montreal, CA;
Neil Olien, Montreal, CA;
Robert A. Lacroix, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/1689 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40619 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for minimal haptic implementation are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system includes: an actuator; and a control-circuit in communication with the actuator, the control circuit configured to: receive a haptic signal including a first bit indicating a power state; and transmit a power signal based on the haptic signal, the power signal configured to cause the actuator to operate at an actuation state at a fixed power.