US 12,443,281 B2
Wearable glove with a plurality of fluidic actuators and a plurality of fluidic control devices and system of use thereof
Sean Jason Keller, Bellevue, WA (US); and Tristan Thomas Trutna, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/193,528.
Application 18/193,528 is a continuation of application No. 16/918,663, filed on Jul. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,640,206.
Application 16/918,663 is a continuation of application No. 15/390,882, filed on Dec. 27, 2016, granted, now 10,732,712, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0019934 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); B81C 1/00 (2006.01); F16K 99/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [B81C 1/00119 (2013.01); F16K 99/0049 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01); B81B 2201/0264 (2013.01); B81B 2201/032 (2013.01); B81B 2201/058 (2013.01); B81B 2207/012 (2013.01); B81C 2201/034 (2013.01); F16K 2099/008 (2013.01); F16K 2099/0082 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wearable glove for interacting with virtual objects in an artificial-reality environment, the wearable glove comprising:
a fabric material configured to be worn on a hand of a user;
a matrix made of an elastic polymer, the matrix including a void that: (i) includes at least one fluidic actuator and (ii) is not fluidically coupled with a positionally adjacent void of a plurality of voids included in the matrix;
one or more position sensors configured to monitor positional data used to a determine a position of the wearable glove within a three-dimensional space; and
at least one fluidic control device coupled to the at least one fluidic actuator, wherein:
the at least one fluidic control device provides a first fluid pressure to the at least one fluidic actuator, which causes the at least one fluidic actuator to enter a high-pressure state,
the at least one fluidic control device provides a second fluid pressure, distinct from the first fluid pressure, to the at least one fluidic actuator, which causes the at least one fluidic actuator to enter a low-pressure state, and
the wearable glove is configured to control the at least one fluidic control device to simulate real-world interactions in the artificial-reality environment based on the position of the wearable glove as compared to respective positions of virtual objects within the artificial-reality environment.