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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2002
Applicants:
Kollin Tierling, Milpitas, CA (US);
Steve Vassallo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kenneth M. Martin, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kollin Tierling, Milpitas, CA (US);
Steve Vassallo, Redwood City, CA (US);
Kenneth M. Martin, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention comprises products and processes for providing haptic feedback at a location other than an input device. For example, when an input device disposed in a hand-held device is activated, instead of providing haptic feedback at the input device itself or to the entire device, haptic feedback is provided to a different area of the device (such as, for example, the side of the device opposite the side on which the input device resides).