Low-cost haptic mouse implementations
First Claim
1. A haptic feedback mouse device for providing haptic sensations to a user, said haptic feedback mouse device comprising:
- a housing physically contacted by said user and moveable in an x-y plane;
a sensor coupled to said housing and operative to output a sensor signal indicative of said movement in said x-y plane;
an actuator coupled to said housing; and
an eccentric mass coupled to said actuator, wherein said eccentric mass can be rotated by said actuator, and wherein said rotation of said eccentric mass causes inertial haptic sensations to be output on said housing and felt by said user.
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Abstract
Low-cost haptic interface device implementations for interfacing a user with a host computer. A haptic feedback device, such as a mouse or other device, includes a housing physically contacted by a user, and an actuator for providing motion that causes haptic sensations on the device housing and/or on a movable portion of the housing. The device may include a sensor for detecting x-y planar motion of the housing. Embodiments include actuators with eccentric rotating masses, buttons having motion influenced by various actuator forces, and housing portions moved by actuators to generate haptic sensations to a user contacting the driven surfaces.
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45 Claims
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1. A haptic feedback mouse device for providing haptic sensations to a user, said haptic feedback mouse device comprising:
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a housing physically contacted by said user and moveable in an x-y plane;
a sensor coupled to said housing and operative to output a sensor signal indicative of said movement in said x-y plane;
an actuator coupled to said housing; and
an eccentric mass coupled to said actuator, wherein said eccentric mass can be rotated by said actuator, and wherein said rotation of said eccentric mass causes inertial haptic sensations to be output on said housing and felt by said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A haptic feedback device for providing haptic sensations to a user, said haptic feedback device comprising:
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a housing physically contacted by said user, wherein said housing includes a movable portion and a base portion, wherein said movable portion is movable with respect to said base portion, and wherein said moveable portion includes a magnet;
an actuator coupled to said housing; and
an eccentric mass coupled to said actuator, wherein said eccentric mass can be rotated by said actuator, and wherein a magnetic interaction between said eccentric mass and said magnet causes an inertial haptic sensation to be output on said movable portion of said housing and felt by said user when said user contacts said movable portion, said inertial haptic sensation influenced by the position of said eccentric mass. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A haptic feedback device for providing haptic sensations to a user, said haptic feedback device comprising:
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a housing physically contacted by said user, wherein said housing includes a movable portion and a base portion, wherein said movable portion is movable with respect to said base portion;
an actuator coupled to said housing or to said movable portion;
a mass coupled to said actuator, wherein said mass can be rotated by said actuator; and
a stop member coupled to said movable portion if said actuator is coupled to said housing, or to said housing if said actuator is coupled to said movable portion, wherein said stop member is positioned at least partially in a path of rotation of said mass, and wherein said mass is moved against said stop to produce haptic sensations on said movable portion that are felt by said user contacting said movable portion. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A haptic feedback mouse device for providing haptic sensations to a user, said haptic feedback mouse device comprising:
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a device housing physically contacted by said user and movable in an x-y plane, wherein said device housing includes a movable portion and a main housing portion, wherein said movable portion is movable with respect to said main housing portion;
a moving magnet actuator having an actuator housing coupled to said device housing and a moving magnet coupled to said movable portion; and
a sensor coupled to said housing and operative to output a sensor signal indicative of said movement in said x-y plane. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A haptic feedback mouse device for providing haptic sensations to a user, said haptic feedback mouse device comprising:
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a device housing physically contacted by said user and movable in an x-y plane, wherein said device housing includes a movable portion and a main portion, wherein at least part of said movable portion is positioned on a side of said housing and is movable with respect to said main portion;
a linear actuator having an actuator housing coupled to said device housing and an actuated portion coupled to said movable portion, wherein said linear actuator moves said movable portion of said device housing linearly away from said main portion of said housing when controlled with a control signal, thereby providing a haptic sensation to a user contacting said movable portion; and
a sensor coupled to said housing and operative to output a sensor signal indicative of said movement in said x-y plane. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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