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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2021
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Micah H. Fenner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Camille Moussette, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of providing a haptic output includes detecting a condition; determining if a head-mounted haptic accessory comprising an array of two or more haptic actuators is being worn by a user; determining an actuation pattern for the array of haptic actuators; and in response to detecting the condition and determining that the head-mounted haptic accessory is being worn by the user, initiating the actuation pattern to produce a directional haptic output that is configured to direct the user's attention along a direction.