Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Resisting user movement using actuated tendons
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Application No.: US15372336Application Date: 2016-12-07
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Publication No.: US10025387B2Publication Date: 2018-07-17
- Inventor: Sean Jason Keller , Tristan Thomas Trutna , Garett Andrew Ochs , Selso Luanava , Nicholas Roy Corson
- Applicant: Oculus VR, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
- Current Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/033
- IPC: G06F3/033 ; G06F3/01 ; A41D19/00

Abstract:
An input interface configured to be worn on a portion of a user's body includes tendons coupled to various sections of the garment. A tendon includes one or more activation mechanisms that, when activated, prevent or restrict a particular range of motion. The tendon may include a tendon web that controls multiple portions of the user's body with an activation mechanism. The tendon may connect to the garment through a textile mesh that distributes force over a wider area of the user's skin. An activation mechanism may apply force to the textile mesh to modify the stiffness of the textile mesh or to modify the pressure applied by the textile mesh. The tendon may be a wire or have a form with variable width. The activation mechanism may be a solenoid using a permanent magnet, which may have multiple alternating magnetic poles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170160807A1 RESISTING USER MOVEMENT USING ACTUATED TENDONS Public/Granted day:2017-06-08
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