Force feedback interface apparatus including backlash and for generating feel sensations
US6154198A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 17, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2203/015
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An input/output device used in conjunction with a host computer for monitoring user manipulations and for enabling simulation of feel sensations in response to the manipulations. A user manipulatable object is pivotally attached to a ground surface and is moveable in two degrees of freedom. Actuators output forces transmitted to the user manipulatable object and at least one sensor detects motion of the object. Two slotted yoke members transmit forces from the actuators to the object. A local processor executes a software process in response to host commands which derives force values to be applied to the user manipulatable object.
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