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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
Stefan Marti, Oakland, CA (US);
Joseph Verbeke, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adam Boulanger, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Davide Di Censo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Harman International Industries, Incorporated, Stamford, CT (US);
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.