Matches 1 - 50 out of 173 1 2 3 4 >
Match Document Document Title
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...
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...
7411576 Force reflecting haptic interface  
A multi-function force reflecting haptic interface including various sub-assemblies is disclosed. The sub-assemblies include multiple function user interfaces, a user interface docking station for...
7410483 Hand-actuated device for remote manipulation of a grasping tool  
The invention provides an articulating mechanism useful, for example, for remote manipulation of various surgical instruments and diagnostic tools within, or to, regions of the body. Movement of...
7400331 Apparatus and methods for texture mapping  
The invention provides texture mapping techniques that facilitate interactive painting of a three-dimensional virtual surface by a user in object space, without requiring global parameterization....
7390157 Force feedback and texture simulating interface device  
A man-machine! interface is disclosed which provides force, texture, pressure and temperature information to sensing body parts. The interface is comprised of a force-generating device ( 900 ) that...
7386365 Tool grip calibration for robotic surgery  
Telerobotic, telesurgical, and surgical robotic devices, systems, and methods selectively calibrate end effector jaws by bringing the jaw elements into engagement with each other. Commanded torque...
7382378 Apparatus and methods for stenciling an image  
The invention provides methods of protecting selected regions of an image from subsequent modification during the operation of a graphics application. The methods allow a user to select a region of...
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...
7373219 Grip strength with tactile feedback for robotic surgery  
Surgical robots and other telepresence systems have enhanced grip actuation for manipulating tissues and objects with small sizes. A master/slave system is used in which an error signal or gain is...
7369115 Haptic devices having multiple operational modes including at least one resonant mode  
An apparatus comprises a signal source, a driver and an electro-mechanical transducer. The signal source is configured to output a haptic feedback signal. The driver is configured to receive the...
7345672 Force feedback system and actuator power management  
A system and method for providing a tactile virtual reality to a user is present. The position and orientation of the user is utilized to generate a virtual reality force field. Forces are in turn...
7319466 Method and apparatus for generating and interfacing with a haptic virtual reality environment  
A method for generating a haptic interactive representation including the steps of defining a haptic interaction space and building a hierarchical construct, for use within the haptic interaction...
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...
7259761 Systems and methods for sculpting virtual objects in a haptic virtual reality environment  
A user of a virtual object or computer model uses a haptic interface device in the real world to manipulate a virtual tool in a virtual environment to interact and modify the virtual object. The...
7236157 Method for providing high bandwidth force feedback with improved actuator feel  
A method and apparatus for providing low-cost, realistic force feedback including an improved actuator. The invention provides force sensations to a user and includes an interface device coupled to...
7225404 Method and apparatus for determining forces to be applied to a user through a haptic interface  
A method and apparatus for determining forces to be applied to a user through a haptic interface. The method includes the steps of generating a representation of an object in graphic space, sensing...
7215326 Physically realistic computer simulation of medical procedures  
An apparatus for interfacing the movement of a shaft with a computer includes a support, a gimbal mechanism having two degrees of freedom, and three electromechanical transducers. When a shaft is...
7212203 Systems and methods for voxel warping  
Systems and methods for calculating a modification of a geometrical shape by applying an inverse modification function to an array representing the shape. An array representing the geometrical...
7209117 Method and apparatus for streaming force values to a force feedback device  
A method and apparatus for shaping force signals for a force feedback device. A source wave is provided and is defined by a set of control parameters (including a steady state magnitude, a...
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...
7182691 Directional inertial tactile feedback using rotating masses  
Directional haptic feedback for a haptic feedback interface device. A haptic feedback interface device, in communication with a host computer, includes a housing physically contacted by a user...
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...
7161580 Haptic feedback using rotary harmonic moving mass  
A haptic device comprises an actuator and a mass. The actuator has a shaft. The actuator is elastically coupled to the mass and/or a base.
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...
7149596 Apparatus and methods for modifying a model of an object to enforce compliance with a manufacturing constraint  
The invention provides an apparatus and methods for automatically modifying a computer model of an object to comply with a manufacturing constraint for production of the object. In one embodiment,...
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...
7138976 Hand force feedback and sensing system  
The present invention relates to a force feedback and sensing system for a hand in which an actuator system and sensing system is coupled to a palm base attached to the hand or a glove. The...
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...
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...
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...
7106305 Haptic feedback using a keyboard device  
A low-cost haptic feedback keyboard device for providing haptic feedback to a user for enhancing interactions in a displayed environment provided by a computer. The haptic keyboard device can be a...
7103499 3-D selection and manipulation with a multiple dimension haptic interface  
Systems and methods provide a user the ability to select three-dimensional virtual objects in a three-dimensional modeling environment using two-dimensional representations of the objects. In broad...
7102635 Systems and methods for sculpting virtual objects in a haptic virtual reality environment  
A user of a virtual object or computer model uses a haptic interface device in the real world to manipulate a virtual tool in a virtual environment to interact and modify the virtual object. The...
7095418 Apparatus and methods for texture mapping  
The invention provides texture mapping techniques that facilitate interactive painting of a three-dimensional virtual surface by a user in object space, without requiring global parameterization....
7091950 Force feedback device including non-rigid coupling  
A method and apparatus for providing force sensations in virtual environments includes a human/computer interface device and method used in conjunction with a host computer and which can provide...
7084884 Graphical object interactions  
A method of controlling the display of an articulated graphical image in a graphical environment comprises sensing manipulation of a user object, controlling the displayed position or shape of the...
7070571 Goniometer-based body-tracking device  
A sensing system is provided for measuring various joints of a human body for applications for performance animation, biomechanical studies and general motion capture. One sensing device of the...
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...
7054775 Digitizing system and rotary table for determining 3-D geometry of an object  
A digitizing system and rotary table for determining the three dimensional geometry of an object is described. An apparatus includes at least one sensor that detects information describing the...
7039866 Method and apparatus for providing dynamic force sensations for force feedback computer applications  
A method and apparatus for providing dynamic force sensations for use with a force feedback interface device. A force feedback interface device is connected to a host computer that implements a...
7038657 Power management for interface devices applying forces  
Power management for an interface device that is manipulated by a user and in communication with a host computer and provides forces to the user. The device includes a sensor and an actuator. One...
7027032 Designing force sensations for force feedback computer applications  
A design interface tool for designing force sensations for use with a host computer and force feedback interface device. A force feedback device is connected to a host computer that displays the...
7024625 Mouse device with tactile feedback applied to housing  
A computer mouse device for tracking user input and providing tactile feedback. A housing includes a lower portion designed to move over a flat surface, and a casing portion engaged by a palm of a...
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...
6995744 Device and assembly for providing linear tactile sensations  
A haptic feedback interface device and actuator assembly providing inertial tactile sensations. An interface device includes a housing that is physically contacted by a user, a sensor device...
6987504 Interface device for sensing position and orientation and outputting force to a user  
An interface device for use with a computer that provides locative data to a computer for tracking a user manipulatable physical object and provides feedback to the user through output forces. The...
6985133 Force reflecting haptic interface  
A six degree of freedom force reflecting haptic interface includes three powered axes and three free axes, all of which are tracked so that the position of a user connection element in the work...
6982700 Method and apparatus for controlling force feedback interface systems utilizing a host computer  
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...
6979164 Force feedback and texture simulating interface device  
A man-machine interface is disclosed which provides force, texture, pressure and temperature information to sensing body parts. The interface is comprised of a force-generating device ( 900 ) that...
Matches 1 - 50 out of 173 1 2 3 4 >