Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Inflatable actuators in virtual reality
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Application No.: US15295725Application Date: 2016-10-17
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Publication No.: US10281982B2Publication Date: 2019-05-07
- Inventor: Sean Jason Keller , David R. Perek , Tristan Thomas Trutna , Garett Andrew Ochs , Nicholas Roy Corson , Raymond King
- Applicant: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Menlo Park
- Agency: Fenwick & West LLP
- Main IPC: G06F3/01
- IPC: G06F3/01

Abstract:
A haptic feedback glove worn by a user provides an amount of a resistance to a physical movement of a portion of the user's hand. The haptic feedback glove includes a glove body, an expandable bladder and a pressure source. The glove body includes a first portion corresponding to a first phalange of a user hand, a second portion corresponding to a second phalange of the user hand, and a third portion corresponding to a joint between the first phalange and the second phalange of the user hand. The expandable bladder is coupled to the third portion of the glove body. The expandable bladder has an adjustable size that controls an amount of relative movement between the first portion and the second portion of the glove body. The pressure source is coupled to the glove body, and is configured to adjust the size of the expandable bladder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180107277A1 INFLATABLE ACTUATORS IN VIRTUAL REALITY Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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