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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2006
Dean C. Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Louis B. Rosenberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey R. Mallett, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Dean C. Chang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Louis B. Rosenberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Jeffrey R. Mallett, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A design interface tool for designing force sensations for use with a host computer and haptic feedback interface device. A haptic feedback device communicates with a host computer that displays the interface tool. The user selects and characterizes force sensations using the interface tool, and a graphical representation of the characterized force sensation is displayed. The characterized force sensation is output to a user manipulatable object of the force feedback device so that the user can feel the designed force sensation The user can include multiple force sensations in a compound force sensation, where the compound sensation is graphically displayed to indicate the relative start times and duration of each of the force sensations. The user can also associate a sound with the force sensation, such that the sound is output in conjunction with the output of the force sensation.