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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventor:
David J. Meyer, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
This disclosure provides designer interfaces that present condensed representations of texture functions, the representations displaying selected control points that manipulate the representations, an algorithm that computes a texture function based on the positions of said selected control points, and the texture function generating a signal to control a force on an appendage of a user that touches a tactile surface, and methods of using the designer interfaces.