×

Feedback for enhanced situational awareness

  • US 10,166,466 B2
  • Filed: 06/22/2015
  • Issued: 01/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An electronic game feedback system, comprising:

  • a wearable haptic feedback device including a plurality of haptic elements configured to provide haptic feedback to a user; and

    a processing circuit configured to;

    provide a display on a display device to the user associated with an electronic game, the display device being a non-wearable display device, the electronic game associated with a virtual primary object controlled by the user and a virtual distal secondary object, wherein the virtual primary object and the virtual distal secondary object are provided within a virtual environment of the electronic game, and wherein the virtual environment, the virtual primary object, and the virtual distal secondary object are generated by the processing circuit absent considerations regarding a surrounding real world environment such that the presence of the virtual environment, the virtual primary object, and the virtual distal secondary object is disjointed from physical objects within the surrounding real world environment;

    receive first positional data regarding the virtual primary object within the virtual environment of the electronic game;

    receive second data regarding the virtual distal secondary object within the virtual environment of the electronic game;

    generate an alert based on the first position data and the second data; and

    control operation of the wearable haptic feedback device to provide the alert via haptic feedback to the user.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×