Automatic haptic effect adjustment system

• US 10,228,764 B2
• Filed: 11/30/2015
• Issued: 03/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Immersion Corporation
• Original Assignee: Immersion Corporation
• Inventors: Levesque, Vincent
• Primary Examiner(s): Lau, Hoi C
• Application Number:
  US14/953,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20160139670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,198 Days
• Field of Search: 3405731, 3404072, 340439, 340669, 3404071, 600558, 600300, 600301, 600545, 600544, 600 28, 600595, 600345, 600 27
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/011 Emotion or mood input determined on the basis of sensed human body parameters such as pulse, heart rate or beat, temperature of skin, facial expressions, iris, voice pitch, brain activity patterns
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 6/00 Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems

Abstract

A system is provided that automatically adjusts a haptic effect. The system generates a haptic effect based on one or more haptic parameters. The system measures an affective state of a user that experiences the haptic effect. The system adjusts at least one haptic parameter of the one or more haptic parameters based on the measured affective state. The system generates a new haptic effect based on the one or more haptic parameters, where the at least one haptic effect parameter causes the new haptic effect to be different from the haptic effect.

Claims

1. A method of creating a new haptic effect, the method comprising:

receiving an original haptic effect comprising an original haptic signal that comprises haptic parameters;

receiving a desired affective state of a user in response to the new haptic effect;

generating the original haptic effect at a haptic output device;

measuring an affective state of the user, in response to the original haptic effect, to determine a measured affective state;

adjusting the haptic parameters of the original haptic effect to create an adjusted haptic effect, and repeating the generating, measuring and adjusting until the measured affective state of the user in response to the adjusted haptic effect is approximately equal to the desired affective state; and

outputting the adjusted haptic effect as the new haptic effect.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the measured affective state of the user comprises an emotional state of the user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating a haptic theme for a device using the new haptic effect as one of a plurality of new haptic effects.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the measured affective state of the user comprises a valence value and an arousal state of the user.

5. The method of claim 1, further determining a context of the user, wherein the adjusting is based on the context.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the haptic parameters further comprises:

identifying a difference, between the measured affective state and the desired affective state, to determine an identified difference; and

adjusting at least one value of the haptic parameters to reduce the identified difference.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the haptic parameters comprise at least one of:

an amplitude haptic parameter, a frequency haptic parameter, a duration haptic parameter, an envelope haptic parameter, a density haptic parameter, a magnitude haptic parameter, a strength haptic parameter, or an actuator haptic parameter.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to create a new haptic effect, the instructions comprising:

receiving an original haptic effect comprising an original haptic signal that comprises haptic parameters;

receiving a desired affective state of a user in response to the new haptic effect;

generating the original haptic effect at a haptic output device;

measuring an affective state of the user, in response to the original haptic effect, to determine a measured affective state;

adjusting the haptic parameters of the original haptic effect to create an adjusted haptic effect, and repeating the generating, measuring and adjusting until the measured affective state of the use response to the adjusted haptic effect is approximately equal to the desired affect state; and

outputting the adjusted haptic effect as the new haptic effect.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the measured affective state of the user comprises an emotional state of the user.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, the instructions further comprising creating a haptic theme for a device using the new haptic effect as one of a plurality of new haptic effects.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the measure affective state of the user comprises a valence value and an arousal state of the user.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, the instructions further comprising determining a context of the user, wherein the adjusting is based on the context.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein adjusting the haptic parameters further comprises:

identifying a difference, between the measured affective state and the desired affective state, to determine an identified difference; and

adjusting at least one value of the haptic parameters to reduce the identified difference.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the haptic parameters comprise at least one of:

an amplitude haptic parameter, a frequency haptic parameter, a duration haptic parameter, an envelope haptic parameter, a density haptic parameter, a magnitude haptic parameter, a strength haptic parameter, or an actuator haptic parameter.

15. A system for creating a new haptic effect, the system comprising:

a memory configured to store an automatic haptic effect adjustment module; and

a processor configured to execute the automatic haptic effect adjustment module stored on the memory;

wherein the automatic haptic effect adjustment module is configured to;

receive an original haptic effect comprising an original haptic signal that comprises haptic parameters;

receive a desired affective state of a user in response to the new haptic effect;

generate the original haptic effect at a haptic output device;

measure an affective state of the user, in response to the original haptic effect, to determine a measured affective state;

adjust the haptic parameters of the original haptic effect to create an adjusted haptic effect, and repeating said generate, measure and adjust until the measured affective state of the user in response to the adjusted haptic effect is approximately equal to the desired affective state; and

output the adjusted haptic effect as the new haptic effect.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the measured affective state of the user comprises an emotional state of the user.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the automatic haptic effect adjustment module is further configured to create a haptic theme for a device using the new haptic effect as one of a plurality of new haptic effects.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the measured affective state of the user comprises a valence value and an arousal state of the user.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the automatic haptic effect adjustment module is further configured to determine a context of the user, wherein said adjust is based on the context.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the haptic parameters comprise at least one of:

an amplitude haptic parameter, a frequency haptic parameter, a duration haptic parameter, an envelope haptic parameter, a density haptic parameter, a magnitude haptic parameter, a strength haptic parameter, or an actuator haptic parameter.