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Input/output device and method for the computer-based display and exploration of real or virtual object surfaces

US10481693B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN · DE

Inventors

Matti Strese · Munich, DE
Kevin Kuonath · Munich, DE
Andreas Noll · Waldenbuch, DE
Eckehard Steinbach · Munich, DE
Martin Piccolrovazzi · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 12, 2018
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F3/03543
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a manually operable tactile input/output device for a data processing system, in particular a tactile computer mouse, which is configured with a housing and a plurality of actuators in operative connection with the housing and in which the actuators are arranged and jointly controlled in the housing to cause at least temporarily a tactile perception by a user in manual contact with the housing, by which simultaneously at least two and in particular all five tactile perception dimensions of microscopic roughness, macroscopic roughness, friction, hardness and heat are simulated. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to an operating method for a manually operable tactile input/output device and a data processing system.

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