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7432910 |
Haptic interface device and actuator assembly providing linear haptic sensations
An interface device and method providing haptic sensations to a user. A user physically contacts a housing of the interface device, and a sensor device detects the manipulation of the interface...
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7423631 |
Low-cost haptic mouse implementations
Low-cost haptic interface device implementations for interfacing a user with a host computer. A haptic feedback device, such as a mouse or other device, includes a housing physically contacted by a...
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7408598 |
Light sensitive display with selected interval of light sensitive elements
A liquid crystal device comprises a front electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, and a liquid crystal material located between the front electrode layer and the rear electrode layer. The...
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7382352 |
Optical joystick for hand-held communication device
An optical joystick for a hand-held communication device employs an image capture device for sensing movement of a stylus by capturing images of the stylus or a target attached to a socket...
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RE40341 |
Controller
A mouse controller includes a platform mounted on a base for a range of movement in a plane relative to the base of at least ½ inch (12.5 mm) in each of two different directions (preferably...
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7327348 |
Haptic feedback effects for control knobs and other interface devices
The present invention provides haptic sensations for a haptic feedback device and especially for a rotational device such as a knob. Force effects such as a hill force effect and barrier force...
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7280102 |
Light sensitive display
A light sensitive display.
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7265750 |
Haptic feedback stylus and other devices
A force feedback interface and method including an actuator in a non-primary axis or degree of freedom. The force feedback interface device is connected to a host computer that implements a host...
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7253803 |
Force feedback interface device with sensor
A force feedback mouse interface device connected to a host computer and providing realistic force feedback to a user. The mouse interface device includes a mouse object and a linkage coupled to...
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7199790 |
Providing force feedback to a user of an interface device based on interactions of a user-controlled cursor in a graphical user interface
A method and apparatus for providing force feedback to a user operating a human/computer interface device in conjunction with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by a host computer system. A...
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7168042 |
Force effects for object types in a graphical user interface
Force effects for a graphical user interface of a computer are provided based on user preference information, which indicates the types of graphical objects in the graphical user interface which...
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7158112 |
Interactions between simulated objects with force feedback
A method and apparatus for providing force feedback to a user operating a human/computer interface device and interacting with a computer-generated simulation. In one aspect, a computer-implemented...
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7148875 |
Haptic feedback for touchpads and other touch controls
A haptic feedback planar touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor of the computer based...
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7136045 |
Tactile mouse
A low-cost tactile feedback mouse device for providing haptic feedback to a user for enhancing interactions and manipulations in a graphical environment provided by a computer. The mouse device...
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7131073 |
Force feedback applications based on cursor engagement with graphical targets
A method and apparatus for providing a click surface in a graphical environment, such as a graphical user interface, implemented on a host computer for use with a force feedback interface device. A...
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7113166 |
Force feedback devices using fluid braking
A haptic feedback device including a fluid viscosity-controlled brake that outputs high forces to the device user at low cost while maintaining inherent safety. An interface device includes a...
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7106313 |
Force feedback interface device with force functionality button
A force feedback mouse interface device connected to a host computer and providing realistic force feedback to a user. The mouse interface device includes a mouse object and a linkage coupled to...
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7061467 |
Force feedback device with microprocessor receiving low level commands
A method and apparatus for controlling and providing force feedback using an interface device manipulated by a user. A microprocessor is provided local to the interface device and reads sensor data...
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7053967 |
Light sensitive display
A light sensitive display.
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7038667 |
Mechanisms for control knobs and other interface devices
Mechanisms for a control knob or other interface device providing additional degrees of freedom for the knob. One embodiment provides a rotatable knob moveable also in a lateral plane approximately...
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7023503 |
Image sensor with photosensitive thin film transistors
An image sensor array includes image sensors having photo TFTs to generate photocurrent in response to received images. The photo TFTs each have their respective gate electrodes shorted to source...
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7023423 |
Laparoscopic simulation interface
A method and apparatus for providing high bandwidth and low noise mechanical input and output for computer systems. A gimbal mechanism provides two revolute degrees of freedom to an object about...
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7009663 |
Integrated optical light sensitive active matrix liquid crystal display
A liquid crystal device including a front electrode layer, rear electrode layer, a liquid crystal material located between the front electrode layer and the rear electrode layer. A polarizer is...
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6995743 |
Light sensitive display
A liquid crystal device includes a front electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, and a liquid crystal material located between the front electrode layer and the rear electrode layer. A first and...
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6956558 |
Rotary force feedback wheels for remote control devices
A force feedback wheel is provided on a mouse or other interface device manipulated by a user. A sensor detects a position of the mouse in a workspace and sends a position signal to a connected...
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6947102 |
Light sensitive display which senses decreases in light
A light sensitive display that includes a front electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, a liquid crystal material. The display includes a light sensitive element with at least two terminals and a...
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6928386 |
High-resolution optical encoder with phased-array photodetectors
Embodiments of high-resolution optical encoders having phased-array photodetectors and integrated on semiconductor chips. Emitters, detectors, and encoders disks are described which can be easily...
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6894678 |
Cursor control using a tactile feedback device
A mouse interface device and method for providing enhanced cursor control and indexing cursor control with force feedback. A force feedback interface device includes a manipulandum, such as a...
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6859819 |
Force feedback enabled over a computer network
A method for providing force feedback over a network supporting TCP/IP protocols by: (a) sending from a client computer over a network supporting TCP/IP protocols, a connection request to a web...
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6850222 |
Passive force feedback for computer interface devices
A method and apparatus for interfacing the motion of an object with a digital processing system includes a sensor which has a sensing resolution and detects movement of the object along a degree of...
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6788287 |
Dual-dimension cursor control pad
A mechanical input to electrical output device such as a touch pad module for controlling the movement of a cursor comprising two movable plates attached to a fixed plate and a scanning device. The...
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6748604 |
Glove massager
A glove which includes massage elements within each of the fingertips of the glove. Each massage element includes a housing and a motor therein for vibrating the housing. A power source, such as a...
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6697044 |
Haptic feedback device with button forces
A haptic feedback control device, such as a handheld remote control or handheld game controller, for controlling a graphical object within a graphical display and for outputting forces to a user. A...
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6686911 |
Control knob with control modes and force feedback
The present invention provides a control knob on a device that allows a user to control functions of the device. In one embodiment, the knob is rotatable in a rotary degree of freedom and moveable...
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6683543 |
Absolute encoder based on an incremental encoder
An encoder that includes a sensing device that senses encoding marks on a sensing surface that also includes one or more reference marks. The sensing device generates first and second encoder...
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6564168 |
High-resolution optical encoder with phased-array photodetectors
Embodiments of high-resolution optical encoders having phased-array photodetectors and integrated on semiconductor chips. Emitters, detectors, and encoders disks are described which can be easily...
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6559833 |
Apparatus and method for achieving absolute and relative positioning of a graphics cursor
A touchpad and supporting logic that provides absolute or relative positioning of a graphics cursor on a display. Absolute positioning is preferably invoked by touching the touchpad in a designated...
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6486872 |
Method and apparatus for providing passive fluid force feedback
A method and apparatus for interfacing the motion of an object with a digital processing system includes a sensor for detecting movement of the object along a degree of freedom. A passive pneumatic...
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6469692 |
Interface device with tactile feedback button
A low-cost force feedback interface device for providing low cost force feedback for enhancing interactions and manipulations in a graphical environment provided by a computer. One embodiment...
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6462325 |
Circuit for detecting the shutoff of an optical output
An optical output shutoff detecting circuit of the present invention includes a flip-flop. The flip-flop has a D terminal to which a signal representative of a result of comparison between the...
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EP0913940B1 |
Method and device for detecting the switching positions of a mechanically activated switch
Abstract of EP0913940 The detector includes a photoelectric sensor array (6) with a number of pixels. An electronic processor (7) receives the output of the array. A light structure indicative of...
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6448977 |
Textures and other spatial sensations for a relative haptic interface device
A low-cost haptic feedback device that provides spatially-based sensations such as textures in correlation with a displayed graphical environment. The device includes a housing, a sensor device,...
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6400352 |
Mechanical and force transmission for force feedback devices
A force feedback interface device includes improvements in a mechanical linkage and drive mechanism. The force feedback device is coupled to a host computer and includes a user manipulatable object...
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6343349 |
Memory caching for force feedback effects
Methods and apparatus for efficient management of memory in a force feedback system including a host computer and a force feedback device. A representation of device memory is maintained on the...
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6310605 |
Force feedback interface with selective disturbance filter
A force feedback interface and method providing a selective disturbance filter for providing selective reduction or elimination of displayed disturbances associated with output force sensations. A...
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6300938 |
Multiple-cylinder control device for computers and other electronic apparatus
A control device including a support and multiple cylinders. A first cylinder may be rotated and translated, and a first sensor senses the rotation of the first cylinder and outputs a first control...
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6300937 |
Method and apparatus for controlling force feedback for a computer interface device
A method and apparatus for controlling and providing force feedback using an interface device manipulated by a user. A microprocessor is provided local to the interface device and reads sensor data...
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6300936 |
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...
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6292174 |
Enhanced cursor control using limited-workspace force feedback devices
An interface device and method for providing enhanced cursor control with force feedback. A force feedback interface device includes a manipulandum, such as a mouse, that is moveable in a local...
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6288705 |
Interface device and method for providing indexed cursor control with force feedback
An interface device and method for providing indexing cursor control with force feedback. A force feedback interface device includes a manipulandum, such as a mouse, that is moveable in a device...
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