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Haptic device attribute control

  • US 6,433,771 B1
  • Filed: 05/20/1997
  • Issued: 08/13/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/02/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing control over force output from a force feedback device, said force feedback device being coupled to a host computer, the method comprising:

  • providing a graphical control in a graphical environment displayed by said host computer, wherein a user of said force feedback device can adjust said graphical control to a plurality of settings by interfacing via said graphical environment with said graphical control, said graphical control being settable to a particular one of said plurality of settings; and

    modifying a magnitude of a plurality of force sensations output by said force feedback device in accordance with said particular setting of said graphical control, B wherein the relative magnitude of said plurality of force sensations with respect to each other remains substantially unchanged regardless of which of said settings of said graphical control is set.

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