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Haptic devices that simulate rigidity of virtual objects

  • US 10,324,530 B2
  • Filed: 12/13/2016
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A haptic assembly comprising:

  • a glove body configured to cover a hand;

    a haptic apparatus coupled to the glove body, the haptic apparatus comprising three or more plates and a malleable sheet, the malleable sheet coupled to the three or more plates and the glove body, a portion of the three or more plates to contact the hand according to a shape of the malleable sheet; and

    an actuator coupled to the malleable sheet, the actuator configured to actuate, based in part on a rigidity of a virtual object, the malleable sheet to transform the shape of the malleable sheet to adjust an amount of direct contact area generated between a subportion of the three or more plates and at least a portion of the hand, wherein the haptic assembly comprises an operation mode wherein a subset of the three or more plates does not contact the portion of the hand based in part on the rigidity of the virtual object.

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