Devices and methods for providing localized haptic effects to a display screen
US10504342B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/014
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Devices and methods for providing localized haptic effects are provided. The devices include a haptically enabled display device having one or more haptic actuators. The one or more haptic actuators are located in a non-viewing area of a display screen of a haptically enabled display device and cause localized haptic effects in a viewing area of the display screen. The haptically enabled display device includes a processor configured to determine haptic control signals for activating the haptic actuators. The haptic control signal activates the one or more haptic actuators to provide a localized haptic effect at a target location in the viewing area, remote from the non-viewing area location of the one or more haptic actuators.
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