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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2010
Danny A. Grant, Laval, CA;
Erin Ramsay, Montreal, CA;
Ali Modarres, Montreal, CA;
David M. Birnbaum, Oakland, CA (US);
Juan Manuel Cruz-hernandez, Montreal, CA;
Robert W. Heubel, San Leandro, CA (US);
Hendrik Bartel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Danny A. Grant, Laval, CA;
Erin Ramsay, Montreal, CA;
Ali Modarres, Montreal, CA;
David M. Birnbaum, Oakland, CA (US);
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Montreal, CA;
Robert W. Heubel, San Leandro, CA (US);
Hendrik Bartel, San Francisco, CA (US);
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Various systems, game controllers, and methods for simulating various objects such as weapons are provided. For example, a game controller may include a trigger, a processor within the body that receives a trigger signal when the trigger is activated by the user. The processor may communicate with a computer running a software program such as a gaming application, and an actuator coupled to the trigger, the actuator configured to output a haptic effect to the trigger in response to receiving a control signal from the processor. The game controller may simulate a gun and generate a recoil effect. In some embodiments, the recoil effect may be generated by impacting a moving mass from a discharge end of the gun to a handle end of the gun. In some embodiments, the recoil effect may be generated by using a body part of a user as a tether.