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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2007
Applicants:

Saeid Nahavandi, Highton, AU;

Zoran Najdovski, Geelong, AU;

Ben Horan, Essendon, AU;

Asim Bhatti, Highton, AU;

Inventors:

Saeid Nahavandi, Highton, AU;

Zoran Najdovski, Geelong, AU;

Ben Horan, Essendon, AU;

Asim Bhatti, Highton, AU;

Assignee:

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY, Waurn Ponds, AU;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/02 (2006.01); B25J 13/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01); G09B 23/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 13/02 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G09B 21/003 (2013.01); G09B 23/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides remote interfacing utilizing haptic technology. In a first aspect there is provided a haptic grasping interface comprising a plurality of finger interaction points, with actuators connected at one end to an actuator control mechanism. The mechanism is mounted remotely from the grasping interface, inverse to the finger interaction points, for manipulation of these points. The grasping points comprise pulleys which route the actuators through a cable tension and transmission system. A second aspect provides haptic augmentation to an operator, which indicates to the operator the state of a control input to a controlled device. A third aspect provides a means of simulating motion where haptic feedback is provided to a user in correspondence with the movement of the user within a pod environment.


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