MOBILE PHONE WITH DIRECTIONAL FORCE FEEDBACK AND METHOD
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device, comprisinga control responsive to an input to the portable electronic device, anda haptic output device adapted to provide a haptic output representing interpretation of the input to the portable electronic device by the control.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device includes a motion sensor sensing motion inputs to the device, a haptic output device, including one or more haptic devices, providing force feedback representing interpretation of motion of the device, and a processor responsive to a motion input as sensed by the motion sensor as a representation of motion of the portable electronic device, and wherein the haptic output device provides a haptic output as feedback indicating how the motion is interpreted by the portable electronic device without the need for a user of the device to look at the display of the device. The haptic output may represent whether a telephone call has been completed or the called telephone is busy. A method of indicating the result of motion or of selecting of a function of a portable electronic device and providing haptic output representative thereof as feedback without the need to view the device display.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device, comprising
a control responsive to an input to the portable electronic device, and a haptic output device adapted to provide a haptic output representing interpretation of the input to the portable electronic device by the control.
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18. A method of indicating the result of selecting a function of a mobile device in response to an input to the mobile device or to completing a telephone call or a called telephone busy condition, comprising
providing haptic feedback representative of such input.
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