Method and apparatus for haptic flex gesturing
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1. An electronic interactive device comprising:
- a user interface comprising a flexible surface deformable by a flex gesture;
a first sensor configured to sense the flex gesture applied to the flexible surface;
a haptic device configured to generate a haptic effect in response to the flex gesture; and
a controller in signal communication with the first sensor and the haptic device, the controller configured, upon the first sensor detecting the flex gesture applied to the flexible surface, to trigger an action associated with the flex gesture, wherein the haptic effect is generated by the haptic device based on a rate of flexing of the flex gesture.
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Abstract
An electronic interactive device having a user interface with a flexible surface, a sensor configured to sense a flex gesture applied to the flexible surface, a haptic device configured to generate a haptic effect in response to the flex gesture, and a controller in signal communication with the sensor and the haptic device. The controller is configured to trigger the haptic device to provide haptic confirmation of the flex gesture and to trigger an application action associated with the flex gesture.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic interactive device comprising:
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a user interface comprising a flexible surface deformable by a flex gesture; a first sensor configured to sense the flex gesture applied to the flexible surface; a haptic device configured to generate a haptic effect in response to the flex gesture; and a controller in signal communication with the first sensor and the haptic device, the controller configured, upon the first sensor detecting the flex gesture applied to the flexible surface, to trigger an action associated with the flex gesture, wherein the haptic effect is generated by the haptic device based on a rate of flexing of the flex gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An electronic interactive device comprising:
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a user interface comprising a flexible surface deformable by each flex gesture of a plurality of flex gestures, a first sensor that is a strain gauge or a piezoelectric transducer configured to sense a degree of flexing of each flex gesture of the plurality of flex gestures, a second sensor that is an accelerometer configured to sense a rate of flexing of each flex gesture of the plurality of flex gestures, and a third sensor that is a gyroscope configured to sense a direction of each flex gesture of the plurality of flex gestures, a haptic device configured to generate respective haptic effects in response to the plurality of flex gestures, and a controller in signal communication with the first sensor, the second sensor, the third sensor, and the haptic device, wherein the controller is configured to trigger an application action for each flex gesture of the plurality of flex gestures based on at least one of the direction of the flex gesture, the degree of flexing of the flex gesture, and the rate of flexing of the flex gesture, and to cause the haptic device to generate a haptic effect for at least one flex gesture of the plurality of flex gestures based on the rate of flexing of the at least one flex gesture. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A haptic gesture recognition method comprising:
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sensing a first flex gesture applied to a flexible surface of a user interface with a flex gesture sensor; generating a first haptic effect on the user interface with at least one haptic device in response to said sensing the first flex gesture, wherein a frequency of the first haptic effect is based on a rate of flexing of the first flex gesture; and triggering a first action in response to the first flex gesture with a controller. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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