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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2022
Fluidity Technologies Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Scott Edward Parazynski, Houston, TX (US);
Douglas Wayne Stanley, Tomball, TX (US);
Keven Dale Coates, Cypress, TX (US);
Fluidity Technologies Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A controller includes a first control member movable with one or two degree(s) of freedom (DoF) a second control member coupled to the first control member and movable with three independent DoFs and a third control member coupled to the first and the second control members, the third control member movable with one DoF, which is being one of the three DoFs of the second control member in the set, and providing a third control input, wherein the first, the second, and the third control members are configured to be operated by a user's single hand. Further, a forearm brace for attaching to a forearm of a user and a controller is used to support the user's forearm when the user operates the controller. Additionally, the controller includes vibration haptic motors for provide haptic alerts to the user based on position data and/or orientation data associated with a target object.