HAPTIC TACTILE PRECISION SELECTION

• US 20090295739A1
• Filed: 05/27/2008
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Inventors: Nagara, Wes Albert
• Application Number:
  US12/127,337
• Publication Number:
  US 20090295739A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/014 Force feedback applied to GUI
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user

Abstract

A feedback control system and a method for controlling a tactile feedback are disclosed, wherein the feedback control system provides users with full precise control of infinite tactile feedback settings. The tactile feedback control system includes a user interface adapted to generate and transmit an information signal including data and information representing a user-provided input, wherein the user interface also generates a tactile sensation to the user, a controller adapted to receive the information signal, analyze the information signal, and generate and transmit a control signal for controlling a tactile feedback in response to the information signal, and a haptic system adapted to receive the control signal and generate the tactile feedback.

Claims

1. A tactile feedback control system comprising:

a user interface adapted to generate and transmit an information signal including data and information representing a user-provided input, wherein the user interface also generates a tactile sensation to the user; and

a controller adapted to receive the information signal, analyze the information signal, and generate and transmit a control signal for controlling a tactile feedback in response to the information signal.

2. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 1, further comprising a haptic system adapted to receive the control signal and generate the tactile feedback in at least one of a plurality of haptic devices.

3. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 2, wherein the user interface provides individual and selective control of at least one of the haptic devices.

4. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller generates an interface feedback control signal for controlling the tactile sensation of the user interface in response to the information signal.

5. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 1, wherein the tactile sensation of the user interface is substantially similar to the tactile feedback.

6. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 1, wherein the user interface is a touch screen slider window.

7. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes a processor adapted to analyze the information signal.

8. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 7, wherein the controller includes an instruction set having processor executable instructions for configuring the processor to perform the analysis of the information signal.

9. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes a storage system for storing data and information.

10. A tactile feedback control system comprising:

a user interface adapted to generate and transmit an information signal including data and information representing a user-provided input, wherein the user interface also generates a tactile sensation to the user;

a controller adapted to receive the information signal, analyze the information signal, and generate and transmit a control signal for controlling a tactile feedback in response to the information signal; and

a haptic system adapted to receive the control signal and generate the tactile feedback.

11. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 10, wherein the haptic system generates the tactile feedback in at least one of a plurality of haptic devices.

12. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 11, wherein the user interface provides individual and selective control of at least one of the haptic devices.

13. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 10, wherein the controller generates an interface feedback control signal for controlling the tactile sensation of the user interface in response to the information signal.

14. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 10, wherein the tactile sensation of the user interface is substantially similar to the tactile feedback.

15. The tactile feedback control system according to claim 10, wherein the user interface is a touch screen slider window.

16. A method for controlling a tactile feedback, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving at least one user-provided input;

generating an information signal including data and information representing the at least one user-provided input;

analyzing the information signal;

generating a control signal in response to the analysis of the information signal; and

generating a tactile feedback to a user in response to the control signal.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the information signal is generated by a user interface adapted to receive the user-provided input.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the user interface is adapted to generate a tactile sensation in response to the user-provided input.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein the tactile sensation generated by the user interface is substantially similar to the tactile feedback.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the tactile feedback is generated by a haptic system adapted to receive the control signal.