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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Adam C. Braun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan L. Beamer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Dean C. Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for efficient management of memory in a haptic feedback system including a host computer and a haptic feedback device. A representation of device memory is maintained on the host computer to allow the host computer knowledge of force effects stored in the device memory. A host cache for force effects is provided to allow larger numbers of force effects to be created for the device, where force effects not able to fit in device memory can be stored in the host cache.