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Interface device for sensing position and orientation and outputting force feedback

  • US 7,460,105 B2
  • Filed: 01/13/2006
  • Issued: 12/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A human interface device comprising:

  • an arm having a first end and a second end, the first end adapted to receive a user manipulatable object graspable by a user to operate the device and the second end coupled to a base, the arm having a plurality of linkages serially linked end to end with one another from the base, each linkage pivotably moveable with respect to an adjacent linkage via a joint to allow the user manipulatable object to be moved in a plurality of degrees of freedom with respect to a single point from the base; and

    a sensor coupled to the arm and configured to provide a locative signal associated with a position of the first end with respect to the base when the user manipulatable object is moved in at least one degree of freedom.

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