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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2001
Adam C. Braun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan L. Beamer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Louis B. Rosenberg, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Dean C. Chang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Adam C. Braun, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jonathan L. Beamer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Louis B. Rosenberg, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Dean C. Chang, Mountain View, CA (US);
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Force effects for a graphical user interface of a computer are provided based on user preference information, which indicates the types of graphical objects in the graphical user interface which are to have force effects associated with them, and at least one particular force effect assigned to each of those types of graphical objects. An output of a force sensation by a haptic feedback device to the user is based on those assigned force effects and occurs when a displayed cursor controlled by a user interacts with a graphical object having one of the types. An architecture for a host computer allowing multi-tasking application programs to interface with a feedback device is also disclosed.