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Title:
DISTRIBUTED CONTROL ARCHITECTURE FOR HAPTIC DEVICES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2015180985
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved system of providing a haptic effect that includes more processors for haptic effect output devices.SOLUTION: A widely distributed control architecture for haptic devices is provided. An architecture of a device or peripheral has a main communication and control processor (e.g., a host processor or device processor), and each actuator also has a dedicated processor. A device can have a single actuator or multiple actuators that are all of the same type or of different types. Individual processors for actuators are provided without a separate coordinating processor.

Inventors:
GRANT DANNY
ROBERT LACROIX
Application Number:
JP2014261425A
Publication Date:
October 15, 2015
Filing Date:
December 25, 2014
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Assignee:
IMMERSION CORP
International Classes:
G06F3/01
Domestic Patent References:
JP2009276961A2009-11-26
JP2003345495A2003-12-05
JP2013200759A2013-10-03
JP2012516509A2012-07-19
JP2013528855A2013-07-11
JP2013218327A2013-10-24
JP2008546534A2008-12-25
Foreign References:
WO2013096327A12013-06-27
US20110268300A12011-11-03
WO2013167126A12013-11-14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Okabe
Takao Ochi
Seiichiro Takahashi
Takao Matsui
Kosuke Uchida
Kawauchi Eiji



 
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