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Wireless force feedback input device

US7348968B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 2, 2003
Grant dateMar 25, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 7, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/016
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless force feedback device includes a housing, a central processing unit (CPU) disposed in the housing, a wireless communication receiver disposed in the housing and communicatively coupled to the CPU, wherein the wireless communication receiver is configured to receive haptic commands from a host computing device, and an actuator communicatively coupled to the central processing unit, wherein the actuator is configured to produce a haptic sensation, the haptic sensation being controlled by the CPU in response to haptic commands.

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