Inventor · Riverside, CA, US

Danny A. Grant

275Patents
40h-index
95Co-inventors
93Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 16, 2002 → Oct 20, 2021

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7742036B2 System and method for controlling haptic devices having multiple operational modes Physics 1,264 Active
US7161580B2 Haptic feedback using rotary harmonic moving mass Physics 1,143 Expired
US8754757B1 Automatic fitting of haptic effects Physics 188 Active
US7791588B2 System and method for mapping instructions associated with haptic feedback Physics 164 Active
US8264465B2 Haptic feedback for button and scrolling action simulation in touch input devices Physics 160 Active
US7979146B2 System and method for automatically producing haptic events from a digital audio signal Physics 155 Active
US8390594B2 Haptic feedback using composite piezoelectric actuator Electricity 151 Active
US8164573B2 Systems and methods for adaptive interpretation of input from a touch-sensitive input device Physics 140 Active
US7639232B2 Systems and methods for controlling a resonant device for generating vibrotactile haptic effects Electricity 137 Active
US7283120B2 Method and apparatus for providing haptic feedback having a position-based component and a predetermined time-based component Physics 134 Expired
US7890863B2 Haptic effects with proximity sensing Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 124 Active
US7369115B2 Haptic devices having multiple operational modes including at least one resonant mode Electricity 108 Expired
US9582178B2 Systems and methods for multi-pressure interaction on touch-sensitive surfaces Physics 100 Active
US8378965B2 Vibration actuator with a unidirectional drive Performing Operations; Transporting 99 Active
US6750877B2 Controlling haptic feedback for enhancing navigation in a graphical environment Electricity 97 Expired
US9448713B2 Electro-vibrotactile display Physics 95 Active
US8325144B1 Digital envelope modulator for haptic feedback devices Physics 94 Active
US8352643B2 Haptically enhanced interactivity with interactive content Physics 94 Active
US7280095B2 Hierarchical methods for generating force feedback effects Physics 91 Expired
US9164587B2 Haptic spatialization system Human Necessities 78 Active
US9405369B2 Simulation of tangible user interface interactions and gestures using array of haptic cells Physics 73 Active
US8754758B1 Automatic fitting of haptic effects Physics 69 Active
US9513709B2 Haptic feedback generation based on resonant frequency Electricity 63 Active
US8156809B2 Systems and methods for resonance detection Physics 60 Active
US8593269B2 System and method for controlling haptic devices having multiple operational modes Physics 57 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.