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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Queen's University AT Kingston, Kingston, CA;
Inventor:
Roel Vertegaal, Perth Road, CA;
Assignee:
Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, ON, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/36 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/016 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G08B 6/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible computing device with bend input and active haptic feedback that provides vibro-tactile sensations such as friction and resistance to a user. The sensations include vibrations that simulate a physical affordance of content displayed on the flexible computing device. In one embodiment the device is a smartphone.