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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2017
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Christian Holz, Seattle, WA (US);
Eyal Ofek, Redmond, WA (US);
Michael Jack Sinclair, Kirkland, WA (US);
Hrvoje Benko, Seattle, WA (US);
Inrak Choi, Stanford, CA (US);
Eric Whitmire, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A controller is provided that can provide haptic feedback to a user by controlling a separation of a stationary portion and a moveable portion, such as a moveable arm, which can include one or more mounts for one or more of a user's fingers. A sensor can be included on the stationary portion to sense whether the user's thumb is proximate a thumb rest. Different haptic interaction modes can be set depending on whether the user's thumb is not proximate the sensor, such as a touch mode, or is proximate the sensor, such as a grasping or trigger mode. When grasping and trigger modes are provided, they can be determined based on the nature of a virtual object grasped by a user. Additional haptic sensations can be provided, such as to a user's fingertip, such as by a vibratory component or a rotatable object of one or more haptic elements.