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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188843 | Haptic device gravity compensation A haptic device comprising a base member (4), an end-effector (6), a parallel kinematics structure arranged between the base plate and the end-effector and providing at least three degrees of freedom including at least three translational degrees of fr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8188844 | Reconfigurable tactile interface utilizing active material actuation A reconfigurable tactile human-machine interface adapted for facilitating selection and manipulation by a user, presenting a first geometric shape, orientation, position, or characteristic, and including at least one active material element configured to cause the i... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8179235 | Tactile interface for mobile devices A tactile input to a system having a speaker located in an enclosure with an audio port can be detected by generating a sound wave in response to a signal and sensing the phase relationship between the current phase and the voltage phase of the signal. While the aud... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174371 | Portable vibrating device and method of use A vibrating device that operates without the need for replacement batteries is disclosed. An apparatus is disclosed for generating electrical power and supplying electrical power to a portable vibrating device. A portable vibrating device in accordance with certain ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159335 | Controlling a user's interaction with a keyboard of a multi-application electronic device Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for controlling a user's interaction with a keyboard of a multi-application electronic device such as a personal digital assistant. In one embodiment, a keyboard usage statistic for the user is determined and compare... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154392 | Apparatus that prepares and delivers intelligible information to the human brain by stimulating the sense of touch in intelligible patterns within an area of skin The apparatus is typically constructed within a sock or shoe and interfaces the output of a source system/systems (not part of this invention and hereinafter referred to as “the source system” or “the source systems”) with an area of touch sensitive skin. Be... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8138895 | Force/tactile feedback device A force/tactile feedback device feeding back a force sense to a fingertip of an operator includes a fingerstall to which the fingertip of the operator is inserted, a position feedback means for feeding back a position to the fingertip held by the fingerstall, a fing... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130086 | Linear vibration generator A linear vibration generator is disclosed. The linear vibration generator may include: a stator having a coil, which induces a magnetic field when an electric current is applied; an oscillator having a magnet, which has one side facing the coil; a spring member, whi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8098141 | Touch sensitive wearable band apparatus and method In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a touch sensitive wearable band having a touch sensing circuit; and an electronic device configured to receive signals generated from the touch sensing circuit to provide an in... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8093995 | Method and apparatus for distributing haptic synchronous signals A haptic signal distribution system capable of distributing haptic synchronous signals includes a master haptic device and groups of slave haptic devices. In one embodiment, the master haptic device is configured to distribute haptic synchronous signals to slave hap... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8081066 | Damage-resistant vibrator assemblies and wireless communications devices incorporating same A vibrator assembly includes an electric motor, a shaft driven by the motor, and a cylindrical weight coaxially positioned on the shaft free end, wherein the cylindrical weight has a center of gravity that is radially offset from the shaft axis. The cylindrical weig... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8077019 | Method of associating groups of classified source addresses with vibration patterns In a meeting or group event, people having a portable device, such as a cell phone or pager, may wish to be discretely notified when an important message is received, an urgent call comes in from a selected person or a selected group of people, or to be alerted to a... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8077020 | Method and apparatus for tactile haptic device to guide user in real-time obstacle avoidance An apparatus for providing information about a physical surrounding environment to a user includes an elongate body having first and second opposing ends and a mast, at least one sensor mountably coupled to the mast, at least one dual purpose, bi-directional haptic ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8040223 | Device and method for enhancing sensory perception of vibrational stimuli A method and device for improving the detection of a vibrotactile stimulus. Such method may include the steps of temporarily altering the threshold of vibrational detection prior to the onset of a vibrotactile stimulus. This allows the vibrotactile system to achieve... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031059 | Communication system A system (100) for communicating multimedia messages includes a multimedia message server (102) that is operable to transmit (1404, 1406, 1408) visual media, a vibration melody (1200), and an audio segment (1300) that is preferably... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026798 | Techniques for presenting vehicle-related information An apparatus for presenting a time-variant information element in a vehicle, which has a steering wheel (1602), comprises one or more remotely and individually controllable tactile pads (1620), which produce a tactile sensation in response to a respect... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8009022 | Systems and methods for immersive interaction with virtual objects A system to present the user a 3-D virtual environment as well as non-visual sensory feedback for interactions that user makes with virtual objects in that environment is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a system comprising a depth camera that captures user po... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004391 | Method and apparatus for generating mood-based haptic feedback A method and apparatus of generating mood-based haptic feedback are disclosed. A haptic system includes a sensing device, a digital processing unit, and a haptic generator. The sensing device, in one embodiment, is configured to detect user's modalities in accordanc... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7969288 | Force feedback system including multi-tasking graphical host environment and interface device A force feedback system provides components for use in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback interface device. An architecture for a host computer allows multi-tasking application programs to interface with the force feedback device ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7944343 | System and method for providing information in a vehicle A system for providing information to a vehicle occupant includes a haptic control element which is provided in the vehicle and is configured to generate a haptic signal. An electronic control unit is operatively connected to the haptic control element and activates... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7924142 | Patterned self-warming wipe substrates Generally stated, the present disclosure relates to wiping substrates such as wet wipes and dry wipes that include a thermal grill utilized to deliver a warming sensation. In an exemplary aspect, disposed on at least one structural layer of the wipe substrate is a t... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7911328 | Capture and remote reproduction of haptic events in synchronous association with the video and audio capture and reproduction of those events Method and apparatus for reproducing and applying reproductions of haptic vibrations that occur at a live activity to a remote video and audio viewer. In synchronism with sensing visible and audible stimuli to generate video and audio signals representing the video ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911327 | Vibration device and method of fabricating the same A vibration device is provided. The vibration device includes a case, a vibrator, a coil, and a spring. The vibrator is disposed inside the case and including a magnet, a yoke, and a weight. The coil is supported by the case. The spring allows the vibrator to be ela... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7898396 | Actuating a tactile sensation in response to a sensed event Systems and methods for actuating a tactile stimulation in response to detecting a specific event associated with exposure to a particular environmental or physiological condition are described herein. A tactile stimulation device, according to one of several implem... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7868744 | Driving apparatus of mover A driving apparatus drives a mover arranged for feedback of a touch panel. A reference voltage generation unit generates a reference voltage having a signal waveform to be applied to the mover. A pulse modulator generates a PWM signal of which duty ratio is controll... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7839269 | Method and apparatus for distributing haptic synchronous signals A haptic signal distribution system capable of distributing haptic synchronous signals includes a master haptic device and groups of slave haptic devices. In one embodiment, the master haptic device is configured to distribute haptic synchronous signals to slave hap... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7791456 | Vibrator A vibrator includes a voice coil and a vibrating member that vibrates along the axial direction of the voice coil when it is excited by application of an alternating current thereto. A suspension supports the vibrating member vibratably in the axial direction. A cas... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7764166 | System and method for providing a tactile stimulation in response to a predetermined alarm condition A tactile alarm system for use in environments having a plurality of audio and/or visual alarms each in communication with a detector measures a predetermined physical property. The system includes one or more tactile alarms each connected to a different person and ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7737828 | Tactile feedback device The present invention discloses a tactile feedback device for giving realistic touch sensation to the user by stimulating the skin of the user. The tactile feedback device of the present invention comprises a housing having one end positioned near the skin of the us... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7714701 | Active material based haptic alert system A haptic alert system generally includes an active material based actuator for providing the haptic alert. The active material based actuators refer to the use of several different classes of active materials all of which exhibit a change in at least one attribute s... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7696860 | Electromagnetic field tactile display interface and biosensor Tactile communication methods, systems and devices for wireless touch communication which include an array of electromechanical transducers each independently capable of producing a vibration for communicating qualitative and quantitative tactile cues to a user, at ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7619505 | Vehicle direction guide vibration system and method The present invention relates to a direction guide vibration system of a vehicle operating with a navigation and control method thereof, which applies vibration to a driver's seat on which a driver sits at the spot where a left turn or a right turn and a U turn are ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7612655 | Alarm system for hearing impaired individuals having hearing assistive implanted devices An alarm system for certain hearing impaired individuals having implanted hearing assistive devices contains a device for detecting an alarm condition, and a transmitter which is tuned to a resonant frequency of an implanted passive energy portion of a cochlear impl... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7592901 | Input device There are provided an input means 2 that allows information to be input as touched by an operator, a vibration application means 3 disposed on a back side of the input means 2, and a control means 5. The input means 2 is a touch pa... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7528702 | Damage-resistant vibrator assemblies and wireless communications devices incorporating same A vibrator assembly includes an electric motor, a shaft driven by the motor, and a cylindrical weight coaxially positioned on the shaft free end, wherein the cylindrical weight has a center of gravity that is radially offset from the shaft axis. The cylindrical weig... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7474198 | Manual interface including an actuation block and train of articulated segments An actuation block for a train of segments, that can be used as a manual interface terminating by a finger grip (31) of the user, comprises a base (1) fixed to the hand or arm of the user and two or three motors (5, 32) oriented so that their ma... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7456729 | Position based tactile reporting Position based tactile reporting provides for adequate and socially acceptable reporting. A tactile element is moved from a first position to a second position to indicate a status. The tactile element is maintained in the second position so that touching the tactil... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7443283 | Methods and apparatus for connecting an intimate group by exchanging awareness cues and text, voice instant messages, and two-way voice communications A personal communicator with context awareness in a wristwatch form for connecting intimate friends and family via awareness cues and text, voice instant message, or synchronous voice connectivity. Sensors worn with the watch produce raw data tracking location (via ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7439872 | Method and mobile device for non-visually signaling the state of a mobile device The present invention is related to a method for signaling the status of a mobile device, said mobile device comprising a user input interface, a storage including status information of said device and a signal generator, comprising the steps of receiving a status r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436088 | Electromagnetic exciter An electromagnetic exciter includes a magnetic circuit device composed of an outer yoke, a flat magnet arranged within the outer yoke, and an inner yoke mounted on the magnet, and a casing within which the magnetic circuit device is contained. The casing has a flat ... | 10/14/2008 |
