METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRESENTING USER INTERFACE METAPHORS AS PHYSICAL CHANGES ON A SHAPE-CHANGING DEVICE
Patent №
US 9,703,378
Granted
2017-07-11
Filed 2012
Owner
IMMERSION CORPORATION
Lab
—
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
13495235
An electronic device having a user interface device that has a flexible surface, a haptic output device operatively coupled to the flexible surface and configured to cause a deformation of the flexible surface, and a controller in signal communication with the haptic output device. The controller is configured to trigger the haptic output device to cause the deformation of the flexible surface based on a simulated physical behavior of a virtual element represented on the user interface.
AI classification
Ownership
IMMERSION CORPORATION
assignment · 288310271
Assignors
BIRNBAUM, DAVID M., JIANG, LI, RAMSTEIN, CHRISTOPHE, CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, JUAN MANUEL, MODARRES, ALI, GRANT, DANNY A.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.