Title:
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A VIBRATING INPUT DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/031756
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The application includes an apparatus comprising of a housing, processing circuitry for receiving and transmitting user input, and a transducer for transforming audio information in an electrical signal into both acoustic and haptic signals. The transducer is disposed within the housing, and has a speaker including a diaphragm and a mass element attached to a portion of the diaphragm. Systems and methods also provide an input interface connected to the processing circuitry for receiving user input, and wherein the haptic signal is generated, activated, controlled, modulated, reconfigured, or adjusted, directly or indirectly, in response to a user input received at the user input interface. In this way, haptic effects may be directly generated from audio information and based on input actions taken by the user.
Inventors:
AFSHAR SHAHRIAR S (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2013/056001
Publication Date:
May 08, 2014
Filing Date:
August 21, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IMMERZ INC (US)
AFSHAR SHAHRIAR S (US)
AFSHAR SHAHRIAR S (US)
International Classes:
H04R1/28
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2009051976A1 | 2009-04-23 |
Foreign References:
| US20100260371A1 | 2010-10-14 | |||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KELLY, Edward, J. et al. (Prudential Tower800 Boylston Stree, Boston MA, US)
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