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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2015
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Vincent Levesque, Montreal, CA;
David M. Birnbaum, Oakland, CA (US);
Benoit Belley, San Jose, CA (US);
Jamal Saboune, Montreal, CA;
Vahid Khoshkava, Montreal, CA;
Simon Forest, Montreal, CA;
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Montreal, CA;
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Examples of externally-activated devices and systems are disclosed. One example system includes a first device having an actuation component; and a second device having a haptic output component, wherein: the first device and the second device are configured to be physically separable from each other; the actuation component is configured to transmit an actuation signal to the haptic output component while the first device and the second device are physically separated from each other, and the haptic output component configured to output a haptic effect in response to receiving the actuation signal and while the first device and the second device are physically separated from each other, the haptic effect based on the actuation signal.