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Haptic accessory and methods for using same

  • US 9,261,962 B2
  • Filed: 08/13/2013
  • Issued: 02/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for providing tactile feedback, comprising:

  • an actuator, wherein the actuator is capable of generating a vibration pattern based on received time varying data, the time-varying data being associated with a visual representation segmented into a plurality of portions each having at least one haptic property;

    a plurality of fibers on the actuator; and

    a membrane on the plurality of fibers, wherein the plurality of fibers extend vertically from a surface and are arranged on the surface in a side-by-side configuration;

    wherein a haptic property of a first portion of the plurality of portions comprises a first texture and a haptic property of a second portion of the plurality of portions comprises a second texture that is different from the first texture; and

    wherein the vibration pattern generated by the actuator varies based at least on differences between the haptic properties of each of the first and second portions.

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