Vector-Specific Haptic Feedback
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, on a user interface device (UID), an input; and
responsive to receiving the input, imparting one or more vector-specific movements to the UID via an electrically-deformable material associated with the UID, wherein one or both of a direction or a magnitude of the one or more vector-specific movements is based, at least in part, on the input.
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Abstract
In one or more embodiments, vector-specific movement can be imparted to a user interface device (UID) to provide vector-specific haptic feedback. In at least some embodiments, this vectored movement can be based on input received by the UID. The input can include information associated with the user'"'"'s interaction with an associated device integrated with or communicatively linked with the UID, and or with an application implemented on the associated device. In at least some embodiments, the UID can be configured with a controller, a microprocessor(s), and a vector-specific actuator that includes an electrically-deformable material.
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28 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, on a user interface device (UID), an input; and responsive to receiving the input, imparting one or more vector-specific movements to the UID via an electrically-deformable material associated with the UID, wherein one or both of a direction or a magnitude of the one or more vector-specific movements is based, at least in part, on the input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A user interface device comprising;
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a controller configured to receive an input; and an electrically-deformable material associated with the controller and configured to be electrically driven to impart vector-specific movement to the user interface device, wherein one or both of a direction or a magnitude of the vector-specific movement is based at least in part on the input. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising;
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a user interface device (UID) configured to be communicatively linked with an associated device and to provide, responsive to receiving an input from the associated device, vector-specific haptic feedback via a vectored movement of the UID; and an electrically-deformable material associated with the UID and configured to be electrically driven to impart the vectored movement based, at least in part, on the input. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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a user interface device (UID) configured to provide vectored movement responsive to receiving an input; and an electrically-deformable material associated with the UID and configured to impart the vectored movement to the UID responsive to one or more drive voltages being applied to the electrically-deformable material. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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