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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Applicants:
Juan Manuel Cruz-hernandez, Montreal, CA;
Danny Grant, Montreal, CA;
Vincent Hayward, Montreal, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus comprises a signal source, a driver and an electro-mechanical transducer. The signal source is configured to output a haptic feedback signal. The driver is configured to receive the haptic feedback signal and output a drive signal. The electro-mechanical transducer is configured to receive the drive signal. The electro-mechanical transducer is configured to have a set of operational modes. Each operational mode from the set of operational modes has at least one resonant mode from a set of resonant modes.