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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:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2019
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;

Inventor:

James G. McLean, Raleigh, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01); B64C 2201/12 (2013.01); B64C 2201/146 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus for providing tactile and force feedback in virtual reality via drone includes a processor and a non-volatile memory including code, where the code is configured to perform operations including: determining a parameter associated with a virtual interaction with a virtual reality object in a virtual reality environment; generating an instruction configured to cause a physical drone to simulate the virtual interaction using a physical interaction with the physical drone to provide physical feedback based on the parameter; and communicating the instruction to the physical drone. A method and system also perform the functions of the apparatus.


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