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Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Henri A. Autio, Redmond, WA (US);

Kenneth Mikael Majander, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/03545 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract

A touch-screen device, a touch-screen stylus, and a method to provide haptic feedback to a user of a touch-screen device. The method comprises steps of recognizing the relative position of the tip of a touch-screen stylus relative to a sensory surface of the touch-screen device; asserting a haptic-force signal that varies in response to the relative position; and passing a controlled, variable electric current through an electromagnetic circuit to exert a magnetic force between the touch-screen device and the touch-screen stylus, wherein the electric current is varied in dependence on the haptic-force signal.


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