147 patents
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Methods and systems for distributing and/or generating a haptic effect associated with video content and/or audio content
3 Oct 23
In aspects, methods and apparatus are provided for the generation of haptic command signals to cause haptic effect outputs at one or more haptic output devices.
Carlos Felipe Cavalcante de Almeida, Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Jamal Saboune, Chris Ullrich, Liwen Wu, Henry Da Costa
Filed: 13 Apr 22
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Methods and systems for decoding and rendering a haptic effect associated with a 3D environment
11 Jul 23
In aspects, methods and apparatus are provided for generating a haptic effect for a three-dimensional (3D) environment that is experienced virtually by a user.
David Birnbaum, Yeshwant Muthusamy, Jamal Saboune, Christopher Ullrich
Filed: 10 Jun 21
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Systems, devices, and methods for providing actuator braking
9 May 23
Systems, methods, and devices for control of actuators are provided.
Majid Sheikholeslami, Peyman Karimi Eskandary, Vahid Khoshkava, Jamal Saboune
Filed: 22 May 20
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Haptic effect encoding and rendering system
14 Feb 23
The embodiments of the present invention enable novel methods, non-transitory mediums, and systems for encoding and generating haptic effects.
Shadi Asfour, Eric Gervais, Hugues-Antoine Oliver, Eric Lajeunesse
Filed: 25 May 21
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Apparatus and methods for localizing one or more effects in a haptic interface
7 Feb 23
Apparatus and methods for localizing one or more effects in a haptic interface with a user interface having a primary zone and at least one secondary zone are provided.
Majid Sheikholeslami, Danny A. Grant, Lionel Bravard, Christopher Ullrich, Vahid Khoshkava, Jamal Saboune, Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez
Filed: 20 Oct 21
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Systems and methods for providing haptic feedback for remote interactions
31 May 22
A system includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device.
Vincent Levesque, Ali Modarres, Danny A. Grant, Jean Francois Dionne, David M. Birnbaum
Filed: 27 Feb 20
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Systems and methods for integrating environmental haptics in virtual reality
5 Apr 22
Systems and methods for integrating environmental haptic effects in virtual reality are disclosed.
Simon Forest, Razmik Mousakhanian, Liwen Wu, Vincent Levesque, Channy Uon
Filed: 18 Dec 18
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Systems and methods for multi-level closed loop control of haptic effects
29 Mar 22
Systems and methods for multi-level closed loop control of haptic effects are disclosed.
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Danny A. Grant, Jamal Saboune, Christopher J. Ullrich
Filed: 24 Jan 20
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Rendering haptics on headphones with non-audio data
8 Mar 22
Rendering haptics in a haptically-enabled headphone system includes generating a haptic signal at the haptically-enabled headphone system based on non-audio data and rendering a haptic effect specified in the haptic signal using a haptic output device within the haptically-enabled headphone system.
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
Filed: 22 Oct 19
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Systems and methods for haptically-enabled neural interfaces
1 Feb 22
One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a processor configured to receive a sensor signal from a neural interface configured to detect an electrical signal associated with a nervous system.
Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
Filed: 24 Jul 19
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Systems and methods for proximity-based haptic feedback
16 Nov 21
One illustrative device disclosed herein includes a proximity sensor capable of detecting a non-contact interaction with a touch-sensitive device and outputting a first sensor signal.
Vahid Khoshkava, Abdelwahab Hamam
Filed: 13 Dec 16
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Method and device for performing actuator control based on an actuator model
16 Nov 21
A user interface device having a haptic actuator, a sensor, a storage device, and a control circuit is presented.
Robert A. Lacroix, Kaniyalal Shah, Christopher Ullrich, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Danny A. Grant
Filed: 17 Jan 19
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Haptic sensation recording and playback
5 Oct 21
A system includes a video recorder configured to record video data, a sensor configured to sense movement of an object and output sensor data representative of the movement of the object, a transformer configured to transform the sensor data into a haptic output signal, a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect to a user based on the haptic output signal, a display configured to display a video, and a processor configured to synchronize the video data and the haptic output signal, and output the video data to the display and the haptic output signal to the haptic output device so that the haptic effect is synchronized with the video displayed on the display.
Robert Lacroix, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Jamal Saboune
Filed: 12 Feb 16
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Systems and methods for generating a drive signal having a braking portion
5 Oct 21
A haptic-enabled system, non-transitory computer-readable medium, and method for controlling a haptic actuator are presented.
Peyman Karimi Eskandary
Filed: 13 Nov 19
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Devices and methods for providing localized haptic effects to a display screen
24 Aug 21
Devices and methods for providing localized haptic effects are provided.
Vahid Khoshkava, Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Neil T. Olien
Filed: 6 Dec 19
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Systems and methods for multi-user shared virtual and augmented reality-based haptics
10 Aug 21
Systems and methods for multi-user shared virtual and augmented reality-based haptics are disclosed.
William S. Rihn, David M. Birnbaum, Shadi Asfour, Satoshi Araki, Sanya Attari
Filed: 27 Apr 20
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Friction modulation for three dimensional relief in a haptic device
6 Jul 21
A haptic device includes a display configured to display an image, a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect to a user when the user interacts with the display, and a processor configured to receive information related to the image displayed on the display.
Robert Lacroix, Vincent Levesque
Filed: 10 Apr 20
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Haptic surround functionality
13 Apr 21
A system provides haptic surround functionality.
Robert W. Heubel
Filed: 30 Sep 19
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Systems, devices, and methods for providing limited duration haptic effects
30 Mar 21
Systems, devices, and methods for providing limited duration haptic effects are disclosed.
Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Danny A. Grant, Christopher J. Ullrich
Filed: 20 Mar 20
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Systems and methods for providing haptic effects with airflow and thermal stimulation
9 Mar 21
Systems and methods for providing haptic effects with airflow and thermal stimulation are disclosed.
David M. Birnbaum, Sanya Attari, Hossam Bahlool, Doug Billington, Bruno Garrido
Filed: 13 May 19