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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2018
Facebook Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Zachary Daniel West, Seattle, WA (US);
Aaron Alan Ambuske, Seattle, WA (US);
John Dietrich Martin, Seattle, WA (US);
Brian Fletcher, Issaquah, WA (US);
Nicholas Roy Corson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Brian Cox, Seattle, WA (US);
Charles Stewart, Bothell, WA (US);
Tristan Thomas Trutna, Seattle, WA (US);
FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for creating haptic stimulations is provided. The apparatus includes pod(s) coupled to a garment, each pod including: (i) an internal structure including an arrangement of a plurality of protrusions and (ii) an airtight bladder surrounding the internal structure, wherein the bladder is pneumatically coupled to a pneumatic device that is configured to control a pressurized state of the bladder. The internal structure in each pod is configured to: (i) when the respective bladder of the respective pod is in a first pressurized state, have a first degree of flexibility; and (ii) when the respective bladder is in a second pressurized state different from the first pressurized state: curve, at least partially, in a predetermined direction, and have a second degree of flexibility less than the first degree of flexibility, thereby providing a haptic stimulation to a wearer when the respective bladder is in the second pressurized state.