System and method for outputting virtual textures in electronic devices
First Claim
1. A system for outputting virtual surface textures, the system comprising:
- at least one haptic component including a first haptic component that is configured to output a first of the virtual surface textures in response to being provided with a first electrical signal;
a memory device that is capable of storing information; and
a processing device coupled at least indirectly to the memory device and the at least one haptic component,wherein the processing device at least indirectly causes the electrical signal to be provided to the first haptic component upon determining a first condition to have been satisfied, the electrical signal being based at least in part upon the stored information, andwherein at least some of the stored information upon which the electrical signal is based is derived at least indirectly from an additional signal received from either the first haptic component or another haptic component of the at least one haptic component,whereby the first virtual surface texture is output and corresponds at least in part to the additional signal.
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Abstract
A system for outputting virtual surface textures, related mobile and other devices, and related methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a first haptic component that is configured to output a first virtual surface texture in response to being provided with an electrical signal. The system further includes a memory device that is capable of storing information, and a processing device coupled at least indirectly to the memory device and the haptic component. The processing device at least indirectly causes the electrical signal to be provided to the haptic component upon determining a first condition to have been satisfied, the electrical signal being based at least in part upon the stored information. Also, at least some of the stored information upon which the electrical signal is based is derived at least indirectly from an additional signal received from either the first haptic component or another haptic component.
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27 Claims
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1. A system for outputting virtual surface textures, the system comprising:
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at least one haptic component including a first haptic component that is configured to output a first of the virtual surface textures in response to being provided with a first electrical signal; a memory device that is capable of storing information; and a processing device coupled at least indirectly to the memory device and the at least one haptic component, wherein the processing device at least indirectly causes the electrical signal to be provided to the first haptic component upon determining a first condition to have been satisfied, the electrical signal being based at least in part upon the stored information, and wherein at least some of the stored information upon which the electrical signal is based is derived at least indirectly from an additional signal received from either the first haptic component or another haptic component of the at least one haptic component, whereby the first virtual surface texture is output and corresponds at least in part to the additional signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device capable of producing one or more virtual surface textures that to at least some extent correspond to one or more external surface textures, the mobile device comprising:
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a plurality of haptic components within a housing of the mobile device; a memory device at least indirectly in communication with the haptic components, the memory device receiving one or more electrical signals from the haptic components indicative of the one or more external surface textures and storing profile information based upon the one or more electrical signals; and one or more processing devices coupled at least indirectly to the plurality of haptic components and the memory device, the one or more processing devices configured to at least indirectly cause one or more additional electrical signals based at least indirectly upon at least some of the stored profile information to be provided to the plurality of haptic components, wherein the plurality of haptic components upon receiving the one or more additional electrical signals produce the one or more virtual surface textures, which correspond at least indirectly to at least some of the stored profile information and thus to at least some extent correspond to the one or more external surface textures. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of producing, on an electronic device, a virtual surface texture that to at least some extent replicates an external surface texture, the method comprising:
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receiving at the electronic device a texture input associated with the external surface texture; sending a first signal indicative of the texture input to a memory device on the electronic device; storing profile information based upon the first signal at the memory device; determining that a condition has occurred; providing a further signal based upon at least some of the profile information at least indirectly from the memory device to a first haptic component; and producing the virtual surface texture by way of the first haptic component, wherein the virtual surface texture is produced in response to the determining that the condition has occurred and based at least partly upon the further signal, whereby the virtual surface texture to at least some extent replicates the external surface texture. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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