Method and apparatus for determining forces to be applied to a user through a haptic interface
US7225404B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/016
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
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 the position of the user in real space and calculating a force to be applied to a user in response to the user's haptic interface and the user's fiducial object. The user's fiducial object represents the location in graphic space at which the user's haptic interface would be located if the haptic interface could not penetrate the surfaces of virtual objects.
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