US 12,340,022 B2
Haptic feedback device and a method of controlling same
Alon Wolf, Haifa (IL); Lihi Zelnik-Manor, Haifa (IL); Yair Herbst, Haifa (IL); and Yoni Chechik, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED, Haifa (IL)
Appl. No. 18/277,665
Filed by TECHNION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION LIMITED, Haifa (IL)
PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2022, PCT No. PCT/IL2022/050190
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 17, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/175950, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 25, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/150,666, filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0134456 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0231494 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [A63F 13/285 (2014.09); G09B 21/003 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A haptic feedback device, comprising:
at least one texture emulator;
a housing at least partially containing the texture emulator;
a three degrees of freedom (DoF) manipulator configured to manipulate the housing to apply surface orientation and normal forces to a surface of a user;
a motion tracking device; and
a controller configured to:
receive instructions to provide a texture sensation; and
control the texture emulator to apply force to at least one location on a surface based on the received instructions.