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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Satoshi Araki, Redwood City, CA (US);

Christopher J. Ullrich, Ventura, CA (US);

Liwen Wu, Montreal, CA;

Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Montreal, CA;

Danny A. Grant, Laval, CA;

Sanya Attari, Fremont, CA (US);

Colin Swindells, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for integrating haptics overlay in augmented reality are disclosed. One illustrative system described herein includes a haptic output device. The system also includes a display configured to output a visual effect. The system also includes a sensor for tracking a position of a proxy object. The system also includes a processor configured to: determine a modified visual effect based in part on data received from the sensor, determine a haptic effect based in part on data received from the sensor, transmit a display signal associated with the modified visual effect to the display, transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect to the haptic output device; and output the haptic effect using the haptic output device.


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