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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2011
Applicants:
Danny A. Grant, Laval, CA;
Pedro Gregorio, Verdun, CA;
Robert Andre Lacroix, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); Y02B 60/1289 (2013.01); G06F 1/3231 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of generating haptic effects on a device includes detecting the presence of an object near an input area of the device and generating a haptic effect on the device in response to the presence detection.