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Method and apparatus for designing force sensations in force feedback computer applications

  • US 6,147,674 A
  • Filed: 04/25/1997
  • Issued: 11/14/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer readable medium including program instructions for implementing a force sensation design interface, said program instructions performing steps of:

  • receiving input from a user on a host computer, said input selecting a type of force sensation to be commanded by a host computer and output by a force feedback interface device, said force feedback interface device including a user manipulatable object graspable by a user and moveable in a degree of freedom;

    receiving input from a user defining physical characteristics of a particular force sensation of said selected type; and

    displaying a graphical representation of said particular force sensation as characterized by said user, wherein said graphical representation provides said user with a visual demonstration of a feel of said characterized force sensation.

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