Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Calibration techniques in haptic systems
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Application No.: US15210661Application Date: 2016-07-14
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Publication No.: US10818162B2Publication Date: 2020-10-27
- Inventor: Thomas Andrew Carter , Benjamin John Oliver Long , Robert Charles Blenkinsopp
- Applicant: Ultrahaptics IP Ltd
- Applicant Address: GB Bristol
- Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Ltd
- Current Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: GB Bristol
- Agency: Koffsky Schwalb LLC
- Agent Mark I. Koffsky
- Main IPC: H04B3/36
- IPC: H04B3/36 ; G08B29/20 ; G06F3/01 ; G06F3/043 ; G10K11/32 ; G10K11/34 ; G08B6/00

Abstract:
A system providing various improved calibration techniques for haptic feedback is described. An acoustic field is defined by one or more control points in a space within which the acoustic field may exist. Each control point is assigned an amplitude value equating to a desired amplitude of the acoustic field at the control point. Because complete control of space is not possible, controlling the acoustic field at given points yields erroneous local maxima in the acoustic field levels at other related positions. In relation to mid-air haptic feedback, these can interfere in interactions with the space by creating secondary effects and ghost phenomena that can be felt outside the interaction area. The level and nature of the secondary maxima in the acoustic field is determined by how the space is controlled. By arranging the transducer elements in different ways, unwanted effects on the acoustic field can be limited and controlled.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170018171A1 Calibration Techniques in Haptic Systems Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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