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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2018
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Danny A. Grant, Laval, CA;
Erin B. Ramsay, Montreal, CA;
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Montreal, CA;
David Birnbaum, Oakland, CA (US);
Robert W. Heubel, San Leandro, CA (US);
Hendrik Bartel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher J. Ullrich, Ventura, CA (US);
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A gaming concept in which each user in a single-player or a multi-player game is enabled to create artwork or graffiti work virtually or on actual surfaces using haptic-enhanced controllers. The controllers can emulate the experience of using a marker, a paint brush, a paint spray-can or the like. The components of various controllers may be modularized for easily interchanging components to extend the art or graffiti creation experience. The real life experience of using ink or paint on a surface is simulated by haptic feedback. When a paint spray-can controller is used, the experience of paint consumption is recreated by various peripheral enhancements including audio and haptic sensations communicated to the user.