Haptic Notifications
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a haptic actuator or a device having a haptic actuator that is capable of producing short, sharp and crisp pulses in a short amount of time.
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Citations
63 Claims
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1-28. -28. (canceled)
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29. An electronic device, comprising:
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one or more processing units; a memory; and a haptic actuator having an actuator mass and at least one electromotive component, wherein the at least one electromotive component causes a momentum of the actuator mass to increase from a momentum of approximately zero to a peak intensity in an output momentum waveform in three or fewer zero crossings. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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40. An electronic device comprising:
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one or more processing units; a memory; and a haptic actuator;
whereinthe memory is operative to store instructions for moving an actuator mass of the haptic actuator, the instructions; causing the actuator mass to move in accordance with an output displacement waveform and an output momentum waveform in response to the haptic actuator receiving an input voltage waveform; wherein the output displacement waveform and the output momentum waveform have a peak displacement intensity and a peak momentum intensity respectively, and wherein the peak displacement intensity and the peak momentum intensity are reached in three or fewer zero crossings from a time when the input voltage waveform is first applied to the haptic actuator. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A method for providing haptic output, the method comprising:
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initiating movement of an actuator mass of a haptic actuator by applying an input voltage waveform to the haptic actuator, the input voltage waveform causing the actuator mass to move in accordance with an output momentum waveform, wherein the input voltage waveform causes a momentum of the actuator mass of the haptic actuator to change from approximately zero momentum to a peak intensity; and wherein the change in the momentum from approximately zero momentum to the peak intensity occurs in three or fewer zero crossings. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50)
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51. An electronic device comprising:
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one or more processing units; a memory; and a haptic actuator having an actuator mass and at least one electromotive component, wherein the haptic actuator is adapted to receive an input voltage waveform that causes the at least one electromotive component to; increase a momentum of the actuator mass from a first momentum of approximately zero to peak momentum intensity in an output momentum waveform during a first time period; and decrease the momentum of the actuator mass from the peak momentum intensity to a second momentum intensity in the output momentum waveform in a second time period; wherein a total time of the first time period and the second time period is between approximately six milliseconds and approximately forty milliseconds. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. An electronic device comprising:
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one or more processing units; a memory; and a haptic actuator having an actuator mass, wherein the haptic actuator is adapted to receive an input voltage waveform that causes; an increase in a momentum of the actuator mass from a first momentum of approximately zero to peak intensity in an output momentum waveform; and a decrease in the momentum of the actuator mass from the peak intensity to a second intensity in the output momentum waveform; wherein the increase in the momentum and the decrease in the momentum occur between two and a half and three cycles. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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