A method and system for providing haptic effects
CA 2422265 A1 · Owner: Handshake Interactive Technologies Inc. · Inventors: Rossi, Mauro; Wang, David; Madill, Daniel
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A transparent haptic overlay device, system and method are provided. The transparent haptic overlay device includes a transparent overlay for transmitting the, force of the user to a display an actuator for generating forces , corresponding to haptic effects and imparting these forces to the user's finger and a controller for, simulating the haptic effects. The display may be a touch sensitive display which has, a functionality of sensing the position of the user. Through the overlay the , user, receives the haptic effects in response to the motion relative to the image of the, objects on the display.
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- Filed March 14, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 14, 2023.
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