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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:
Aug. 15, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 04, 2016
Applicant:

Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Babak Forutanpour, Carlsbad, CA (US);

Louis Dominic Oliveira, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); G01S 19/13 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/3652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/026 (2013.01); G01S 19/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile platform includes one or more haptic feedback elements that are positioned in regions of the mobile platform that are proximate to a facial region of a user. By way of example, the haptic feedback elements may be electric force elements that overlay a display. The mobile platform is capable of determining a current location and receiving a desired location, which may be, e.g., a location provided by the user, a location with superior signal strength or of another mobile platform. The mobile platform determines directions from the present location to the current location and translates the direction in to control signals. Haptic signals are produced to the facial region of the user by the haptic feedback elements in response to the control signals, thereby providing the directions to the user.


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