Apparatus and methods for haptic rendering using data in a graphics pipeline
US7990374B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 2, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2215/06
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention provides methods for leveraging data in the graphics pipeline of a 3D graphics application for use in a haptic rendering of a virtual environment. The invention provides methods for repurposing graphical information for haptic rendering. Thus, at least part of the work that would have been performed by a haptic rendering process to provide touch feedback to a user is obviated by work performed by the graphical rendering process.
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