Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Haptic delivery cluster for providing a haptic effect
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Application No.: US15852692Application Date: 2017-12-22
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Publication No.: US10235849B1Publication Date: 2019-03-19
- Inventor: Vincent Levesque , Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez , Vahid Khoshkava
- Applicant: Immersion Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Medler Ferro Woodhouse & Mills PLLC
- Main IPC: H04B3/36
- IPC: H04B3/36 ; G08B6/00 ; G05D7/06 ; B01J19/00

Abstract:
A system having a haptic control unit, a haptic delivery cluster, and an electric field generator, magnetic field generator, or pneumatic actuator is presented. The haptic delivery cluster comprises a plurality of haptic delivery nodes, wherein each haptic delivery node of the plurality of haptic delivery nodes is separate from other haptic delivery nodes of the plurality of haptic delivery nodes, is at least one of a wireless communication device, a sensor, or a computing device, and has a dimension that is less than or equal to 5 mm. The electric field generator, magnetic field generator, or pneumatic actuator is in communication with the haptic control unit and is configured, when activated, to generate an electric field or a magnetic field in a physical environment in which the haptic delivery cluster is located, or to output a pulse of air in the physical environment.
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