DIRECT HAPTIC FEEDBACK

• US 20140092003A1
• Filed: 09/28/2012
• Published: 04/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Min Liu
• Inventors: LIU, MIN
• Application Number:
  US13/630,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20140092003A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user

Abstract

An electronic device comprises an input device and logic to register one or more input events and one or more haptic effects associated with the one or more input events for an application on an electronic device, receive an input event, retrieve one or more haptics effects, and pass the one or more haptics effects associated with the input event to a haptics actuator. Other embodiments may be described.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

logic to;

register one or more input events and one or more haptic effects associated with the one or more input events for an application on an electronic device;

receive an input event;

retrieve one or more haptics effects; and

pass the one or more haptics effects associated with the input event to a haptics actuator.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising logic to:

construct one or more profiles of input event locations in association with haptics effects; and

store the one or more profiles in association with the haptics effects in a data store.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the logic to detect an input event on an input device comprises logic to detect at least one of:

a location of an input event on a touch panel coupled to the apparatus;

a direction of movement of an input event on a touch panel coupled to the apparatus;

a rotation of an electronic device coupled to the apparatus;

or

depression of a key on a keyboard coupled to the apparatus.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising logic to:

register one or more haptics actuators; and

store the one or more haptics actuators in association with the haptics effects.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, further comprising logic to:

define an input signal for the one or more haptics actuators to achieve the associated haptics effects.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the haptics actuator receives the input signal and coverts the input signal to a haptics output.

7. An electronic device, comprising:

an input device;

a haptics actuator; and

logic to;

register one or more input events and one or more haptic effects associated with the one or more input events for an application on the electronic device;

receive an input event;

retrieve one or more haptics effects; and

pass the one or more haptics effects associated with the input event to the haptics actuator.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, further comprising logic to:

construct one or more profiles of input event locations in association with haptics effects; and

store the one or more profiles in association with the haptics effects in a data store.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the logic to detect an input event on an input device comprises logic to detect at least one of:

a location of an input event on a touch panel coupled to the apparatus;

a direction of movement of an input event on a touch panel coupled to the apparatus;

a rotation of an electronic device coupled to the apparatus;

or

depression of a key on a keyboard coupled to the apparatus.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, further comprising logic to:

register one or more haptics actuators; and

store the one or more haptics actuators in association with the haptics effects.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, further comprising logic to:

define an input signal for the one or more haptics actuators to achieve the associated haptics effects.

12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the haptics actuator receives the input signal and coverts the input signal to a haptics output.

13. A computer program product comprising logic instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, configures the processor to:

register one or more input events and one or more haptic effects associated with the one or more input events for an application on an electronic device;

receive an input event;

retrieve one or more haptics effects; and

pass the one or more haptics effects associated with the input event to a haptics actuator.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising logic to:

construct one or more profiles of input event locations in association with haptics effects; and

store the one or more profiles in association with the haptics effects in a data store.

15. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising logic instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, configures the processor to detect at least one of:

a location of an input event on a touch panel coupled to the apparatus;

a direction of movement of an input event on a touch panel coupled to the apparatus;

a rotation of an electronic device coupled to the apparatus;

or

depression of a key on a keyboard coupled to the apparatus.

16. The computer program product of claim 13, further comprising logic instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, configures the processor to:

register one or more haptics actuators; and

store the one or more haptics actuators in association with the haptics effects.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising logic instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, configures the processor to:

define an input signal for the one or more haptics actuators to achieve the associated haptics effects.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising logic instructions stored on a tangible computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, configures the processor to:

enable the haptics actuator to receive the input signal and coverts the input signal to a haptics output.

19. A method comprising:

registering one or more haptics actuators; and

registering one or more input events and one or more haptic effects associated with the one or more input events for an application on an electronic device;

associating the one or more haptics actuators in association with the one or more input events;

receiving an input event; and

passing the one or more haptics effects associated with the input event to a haptics actuator.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

constructing one or more profiles of input event locations in association with haptics effects; and

storing the one or more profiles in association with the haptics effects in a data store.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the detecting an input event on an input device comprises detecting at least one of:

a location of an input event on a touch panel coupled to the apparatus;

a direction of movement of an input event on a touch panel coupled to the apparatus;

a rotation of an electronic device coupled to the apparatus;

or

depression of a key on a keyboard coupled to the apparatus.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

defining an input signal for the one or more haptics actuators to achieve the associated haptics effects.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the haptics actuator receives the input signal and coverts the input signal to a haptics output.