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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert W Heubel, San Leandro, CA (US);
Francis Jose, Union City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Immersion Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/045 (2006.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); A63F 13/28 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 6/00 (2013.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 13/28 (2014.09); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06F 3/045 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); A63F 2300/8082 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04101 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04104 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04106 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01);
Abstract
A wearable electronic device and a method of providing haptic output by adjusting a tension or compression exhibited by the wearable electronic device is presented. The wearable electronic device comprises a housing, a processor internal to the housing, and a stretch actuator coupled to the processor. The stretch actuator is configured to, in response to an electronic signal from the processor, adjust a tension or a compression exhibited by the wearable electronic device by adjusting a tension or compression exhibited by the stretch actuator.