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Synchronizing haptic effects to multimedia

  • US 9,507,421 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2014
  • Issued: 11/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to order a plurality of haptic effects, the ordering comprising:

  • receiving a signal associated with the plurality of haptic effects, each haptic effect from the plurality of haptic effects being associated with a time slot from a plurality of time slots;

    associating each haptic effect from the plurality of haptic effects with an effect slot from a plurality of effect slots at least partially based on the time slot associated with that haptic effect;

    generating a haptic effect file based on a multimedia file and storing the haptic effect file separately from the multimedia file, wherein a resulting haptic effect is synchronized with the multimedia file; and

    sending an output signal for each effect slot from the plurality of effect slots, when the associated haptic effect is scheduled for its time slot.

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