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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Trevor Jones, Campbell, CA (US);
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/3664 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); B60K 2350/90 (2013.01); G06F 2203/014 (2013.01);
Abstract
A touchscreen generates two or more displays that are visible at different viewing angles, e.g., one is visible only from the driver's seat of a car and the other is visible only from the passenger seat of the car. The displays occupy overlapping areas on the display surface such that input controls for the first display may overlap with input controls for the second display. If one of the users engages the display, the user is identified, it is determined which display the user is viewing and then which input he may be supplying, and a haptic stimulus for that display may be generated.