US 12,033,201 B2
Method and system for assisting the selection of materials or products according to haptic properties
Gerald E. Loeb, South Pasadena, CA (US); Peter A. Botticelli, Long Beach, CA (US); David E. Groves, Valencia, CA (US); Alexandra K. Ilic, Pasadena, CA (US); Matthew T. Borzage, San Pedro, CA (US); Jeremy A. Fishel, Chico, CA (US); and Kenneth Newell, Cypress, CA (US)
Assigned to SynTouch Inc., Montrose, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/266,072
Filed by SynTouch, Inc., Montrose, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/043979
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/033180, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/714,757, filed on Aug. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/801,559, filed on Feb. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0350436 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0625 (2013.01) [G06Q 30/0641 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assisting product selection according to haptic properties, the method comprising:
measuring values for a plurality of dimensions of touch of test objects using sensing modalities of a haptic measurement system that performs exploratory movements to interact with the test objects;
storing the values for the plurality of dimensions of touch in a database;
obtaining at least one product search criterion in a user interface;
identifying a plurality of relevant products from a plurality of products in a product database, based on the at least one product search criterion;
displaying the plurality of relevant products in the user interface;
for each of the plurality of relevant products, obtaining the values for the plurality of dimensions of touch from the database; and
displaying, in the user interface, information related to haptic properties for each of the plurality of relevant products, based on the values for the plurality of dimensions of touch, comprising:
displaying a plurality of haptic descriptors in the user interface, wherein each of the plurality of haptic descriptors represents a human haptic perceptual dimension;
identifying a subset of the plurality of haptic descriptors based on a selection made in the user interface;
for each of the plurality of relevant products, computing haptic descriptor values for the subset of the plurality of haptic descriptors using the values for the plurality of dimensions of touch; and
displaying the haptic descriptor values in the user interface.