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Utility
Haptic Actuator Assembly with a Pre-load Device
18 Dec 19
A haptic actuator assembly includes a haptic actuator configured to output displacement along a perpendicular axis and a pre-load device.
Vahid KHOSHKAVA, Juan Manuel CRUZ HERNANDEZ, Kaniyalal SHAH
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Systems, Devices, and Methods for Providing Limited Duration Haptic Effects
18 Dec 19
Systems, devices, and methods for providing limited duration haptic effects are disclosed.
Juan Manuel CRUZ HERNANDEZ, Danny A. Grant, Christopher J. Ullrich
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Piezoelectric Displacement Amplification Apparatus
18 Dec 19
An actuator system configured to generate a haptic effect is provided.
Simon FOREST, Vahid KHOSHKAVA, Neil T. OLIEN, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Haptic Actuator Assembly with a Spring Pre-load Device
18 Dec 19
A haptic actuator assembly includes a haptic actuator configured to output displacement along a perpendicular axis and a pre-load device.
Vahid KHOSHKAVA, Juan Manuel CRUZ HERNANDEZ, Kaniyalal SHAH
Filed: 1 Jul 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Controlling Actuator Drive Signals for Improving Transient Response Characteristics
18 Dec 19
Systems and methods for controlling actuator drive signals for improving transient response characteristics are disclosed.
Kaniyalal Shah, Doug Billington
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Systems and Methods for Integrating Haptics Overlay in Augmented Reality
18 Dec 19
Systems and methods for integrating haptics overlay in augmented reality are disclosed.
Satoshi Araki, Christopher J. Ullrich, Liwen Wu, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Danny A. Grant, Sanya Attari, Colin Swindells
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Generation and Braking of Vibrations
18 Dec 19
An actuator system configured to generate a haptic effect, the actuator system including a housing of an electronic device, the housing being configured to form a mechanical ground, a first actuator disposed between a first moving mass and the mechanical ground, the first actuator being configured to render the haptic effect, and a second actuator disposed between a second moving mass and the mechanical ground, the second actuator being configured to dampen the haptic effect.
Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Danny A. GRANT, Vahid KHOSHKAVA, Christopher ULLRICH
Filed: 23 May 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Multi-Rate Control of Haptic Effects With Sensor Fusion
18 Dec 19
Systems and methods for multi-rate control of haptic effects with sensor fusion are disclosed.
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Danny A. Grant, Christopher J. Ullrich
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Systems and Methods for Differential Optical Position Sensing for Haptic Actuation
18 Dec 19
Systems and methods for differential optical position sensing for a haptic actuator are disclosed.
Doug Billington, Van H. Tran, Kaniyalal Shah, Danny A. Grant, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Reference Signal Variation for Generating Crisp Haptic Effects
18 Dec 19
Systems, methods, and instructions for driving an actuator using an open-loop drive circuit that generate, at a processor, a reference input signal according to a predetermined or predicted command signal, supply the reference input signal to an amplifier to generate a command signal, and supply the command signal to the haptic output device to render a haptic effect.
Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Danny A. GRANT, Christopher ULLRICH, Kaniyalal SHAH
Filed: 14 Jun 18
Utility
Systems and methods for Designing Haptics Using Speech Commands
11 Dec 19
Systems and methods for designing haptics using speech commands are disclosed.
Jamal Saboune, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
Filed: 10 Jun 19
Utility
Devices and Methods for Providing Localized Haptic Effects to a Display Screen
11 Dec 19
Devices and methods for providing localized haptic effects are provided.
Vahid KHOSHKAVA, Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Neil T. Olien
Filed: 11 Jun 18
Utility
Systems and Methods for Providing Localized Pressure Sensing and Haptic Effects for a Touch Surface
4 Dec 19
One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a computing device with a macro fiber composite (MFC) element coupled to a touch surface of the computing device.
Neil T. Olien, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
Filed: 3 Jun 18
Utility
Haptic Notification Manager
4 Dec 19
A notification manager is provided that manages notifications for a user.
Vincent LEVESQUE, Danny GRANT, Jean-Francois BLANCHARD-DIONNE, Amaya Becvar WEDDLE, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ
Filed: 16 Jun 19
Utility
Non-collocated Haptic Cues In Immersive Environments
4 Dec 19
A device for delivering non-collocated haptic feedback includes at least one haptic playback device and a drive circuit for controlling the haptic playback device.
Danny GRANT, Christopher J. ULLRICH
Filed: 8 Aug 19
Utility
Systems and Methods for Haptic Surface Elements
20 Nov 19
One illustrative system disclosed herein includes an enclosure configured to define a boundary of a chamber, the chamber including a material, and a flexible layer coupled overtop of the chamber and configured to enclose the chamber.
Vahid Khoshkava, Vincent Levesque, Jamal Saboune, Abdelwahab Hamam, Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Liwen Wu
Filed: 29 Apr 19
Utility
Kinesthetic Feedback to Virtual and Augmented Reality Controllers
20 Nov 19
Systems and methods for providing kinesthetic feedback for virtual and augmented reality controllers are disclosed.
Colin Swindells, William S. Rihn
Filed: 15 May 18
Utility
Smart Material for Electrostatic Haptic Feedback
13 Nov 19
This disclosure relates to a smart material for providing haptic feedback, as well as haptic actuators, and suitably haptic actuation resulting from electroactive materials.
Vahid KHOSHKAVA, Juan Manuel CRUZ HERNANDEZ
Filed: 22 Jul 19
Utility
Method and System for Providing Haptic Effects Based on Information Complementary to Multimedia Content
6 Nov 19
The present disclosure is generally directed to systems and methods for providing haptic effects based on information complementary to multimedia content.
Vincent Levesque, Ali Modarres, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Jamal Saboune
Filed: 11 Jul 19
Utility
Device and Method for Outputting A Series of Haptic Effects Defined in a Timeline Effect Definition
6 Nov 19
A signal associated with multiple haptic effects is received, each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects being associated with a time slot from multiple time slots.
Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Henrique D. DA COSTA, Danny A. GRANT, Robert A. LACROIX
Filed: 17 Jul 19