SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE HAPTIC EFFECTS
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Abstract
A user device including a haptic feedback system configured to receive and process data captured by one or more sensors and determine contextual characteristics of the user device and a surrounding environment based on the captured data. The contextual characteristics may include, but are not limited to, ambient noise level and ambient light level of the surrounding environment, as well as user possession, movement and/or use and interaction with the device. The haptic feedback system is further configured to adjust haptic feedback effects of the user device based, at least in part, on the contextual characteristics of the user device and surrounding environment so as to provide an optimized haptic feedback effect to the user.
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20. A system for providing adaptive haptic feedback effects to a user of a user device in response to an incoming communication, said system comprising:
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at least one sensor configured to capture data related to at least one of a user device and a surrounding environment of said user device; at least one interface module configured to identify one or more contextual characteristics of said user device based on said captured data; a context management module configured to evaluate said one or more contextual characteristics and to determine a local context assessment of said user device based on said evaluation; a haptic feedback control module configured to adjust one or more parameters of one of a plurality of haptic effects based, at least in part, on said local context assessment and to generate a control signal having data related to said adjusted haptic effect; and a haptic device configured to generate said adjusted haptic effect in response to receipt of said control signal from said haptic feedback control module. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for providing adaptive haptic effects to a user of a user device in response to an incoming communication, said method comprising:
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receiving data related to at least one of a user device and a surrounding environment of said user device; identifying one or more contextual characteristics of said user device based on said data; evaluating said one or more contextual characteristics and determining a local context assessment of said user device based on said evaluation; adjusting one or more parameters of one of a plurality of haptic effects based, at least in part, on said local context assessment; and generating said adjusted haptic effect. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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