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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Inventors:
James Edward Colgate, Evanston, IL (US);
Michael A. Peshkin, Evanston, IL (US);
John Glassmire, Seattle, WA (US);
Laura Winfield Alexander, Sunbury, OH (US);
Assignee:
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/0362 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06F 3/0421 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01);
Abstract
An indirect haptic device having a substrate having a touch surface, a position sensor of a user's clothed appendage relative to the touch surface, a friction modulator associated with the substrate, a control device connected to the position sensor and the friction modulator, wherein a coefficient of friction on the touch surface is modulated in response to a sensed position of a user's clothed appendage relative to the touch surface and/or a derivative thereof.