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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2025
Meta Platforms Technologies, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Nicholas Roy Corson, Woodinville, WA (US);
David Rother Dobbs, Bothell, WA (US);
Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
A wearable device comprises a unit cell that includes, a structural element that has proximal and distal sides, and a first distal haptic-feedback generator of a first kind and a second distal haptic-feedback generator of the first kind that are both connected to the distal side of the structural element. The unit cell includes a proximal haptic-feedback generator that is connected to the proximal side of the structural element. The wearable device includes a processor configured to: cause a first type of haptic feedback by activating the first distal haptic-feedback generator to cant the structural element relative to skin of the user, cause a second type of haptic feedback by activating the first and second distal haptic-feedback generators to displace the structural element, and cause a third type of haptic feedback by activating the proximal haptic-feedback generator.