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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:
Mar. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);

Inventors:

Stefan Marti, Oakland, CA (US);

Joseph Verbeke, Mountain View, CA (US);

Adam Boulanger, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Davide Di Censo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04R 1/46 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); B60W 50/16 (2020.01); G06F 9/30 (2018.01); B60K 37/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); B60K 37/06 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); B60W 50/16 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 9/3004 (2013.01); H04R 1/46 (2013.01); B60W 2552/00 (2020.02); B60W 2554/00 (2020.02); B60W 2555/20 (2020.02); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment of the present disclosure sets forth a technique for determining the location of an object with a haptic transducer device. The technique includes configuring one or more haptic transducer devices to output a ping. The technique further includes configuring the one or more haptic transducer devices to detect a ping echo associated with the ping. The technique further includes identifying a location of an object based on the ping echo. The technique further includes configuring the one or more haptic transducer devices to generate haptic output based on the location of the object.


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