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Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 21, 2018
Applicant:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventor:

Doug Billington, Campbell, CA (US);

Assignee:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04N 7/025 (2006.01); G11B 27/034 (2006.01); G11B 27/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G11B 27/034 (2013.01); G11B 27/322 (2013.01); H04N 7/0255 (2013.01);
Abstract

One illustrative system disclosed herein includes an audio input device configured to detect an audio input and transmit an audio signal associated with the audio input. The illustrative system also includes a haptic trigger device which includes a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to transmit a sensor signal associated with an event. Further, the illustrative system includes a processor in communication with the audio input device and the haptic trigger device, the processor configured to: receive the audio signal; receive the sensor signal substantially simultaneously to receiving the audio signal; record the audio signal to an audio track; and insert a haptic effect marker into a haptic track based in part on the sensor signal, wherein the haptic track and the audio track are associated with a video.


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