US 12,254,133 B2
Method and system for the generation and management of tactile commands for tactile sensation
Naveen Anand Gunalan, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Liza Knipscher, Marina del Rey, CA (US); James D. Hamilton, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Adam Elhadad, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Nathan E. Brummel, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Dustin Delmer, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Stephen Hodgson, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Elliot Mebane, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Shreyas Darshan, Marina del Rey, CA (US); David A. Wolfe, Marina del Rey, CA (US); Pete Moss, Marina del Rey, CA (US); and Gregory Raab, Marina del Rey, CA (US)
Assigned to Emerge Now Inc., Marina del Rey, CA (US)
Filed by Emerge Now Inc., Marina del Rey, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,418.
Application 17/943,418 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/568,592, filed on Jan. 4, 2022, granted, now 12,061,739.
Application 17/568,592 is a continuation of application No. 17/346,912, filed on Jun. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,249,553, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/243,416, filed on Sep. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/038,236, filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020835 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06T 17/20 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06T 17/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
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1. A method for determining and generating tactile sensation, the method comprising:
receiving a first set of inputs from a first tracking subsystem, the first tracking subsystem in communication with a first tactile stimulation device, wherein the first set of inputs comprises a first set of locations associated with a first set of hands of a first user;
receiving a second set of inputs from a second tracking subsystem, the second tracking subsystem in communication with a second tactile stimulation device, wherein the second set of inputs comprises a second set of locations associated with a second set of hands of a second user;
processing the first set of inputs, wherein processing the first set of inputs comprises:
determining a set of distances between locations of the first set of inputs;
generating a set of comparisons based on the set of distances, wherein generating the set of comparisons comprises:
comparing at least a subset of the set of distances with a set of predetermined distance thresholds;
comparing at least a subset of the set of distances with other distances of the set of distances;
based on the set of comparisons, detecting that the first user is taking part in a predetermined hand gesture with the first set of hands;
determining a tactile effect and a visual effect based on the predetermined hand gesture, wherein the visual effect comprises an animation of a set of digital objects; and
conveying tactile sensation corresponding to the tactile effect at the second tactile stimulation device and the visual effect at a visual device for the second user, wherein features of the tactile sensation are determined based on at least one of the first and second sets of locations.