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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
May. 20, 1997
Todd Yocum, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas M. Peurach, Novi, MI (US);
Cybernet Haptic Systems Corporation, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Abstract
In a force-reflection system wherein a basic force pattern including a plurality of behavioral attributes is applied to a user-moveable member, apparatus and methods are disclosed for altering one or more of the behavioral attributes without changing the basic force pattern. The invention may be used to adjust attributes such as amplitude maximum and average, play-out rate, and play-out lead/lag in conjunction with any type of user-manipulable member, including a joystick, wheel, yoke, or non-contact arrangement. The invention may be implemented at a high or low level, and arrays of haptic controls or equivalent graphical user interface (GUI) elements may be used to define haptic force temporal sequences for replay.