US 12,445,759 B2
Haptic output system
Micah H. Fenner, San Francisco, CA (US); and Camille Moussette, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/384,749.
Application 18/384,749 is a continuation of application No. 17/180,957, filed on Feb. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,805,345.
Application 17/180,957 is a continuation of application No. 16/191,373, filed on Nov. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,966,007, issued on Mar. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/736,354, filed on Sep. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064447 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/028 (2013.01) [H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04R 2400/03 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A head-mounted electronic system comprising:
a display configured to display, to a wearer, a mixed-reality environment comprising an object displayed within the mixed-reality environment at a position in the mixed-reality environment;
a set of haptic actuators positioned within a haptic accessory of the head-mounted electronic system, the set of haptic actuators configured to produce a haptic output, each haptic actuator of the set of haptic actuators located at a respective location of the haptic accessory; and
a processing system configured to
determine a relative position of the object with respect to a wearer's gaze;
determine a direction based on the relative position of the object with respect to the wearer's gaze;
based on the determined direction, select an actuation pattern from a set of candidate actuation patterns stored in the haptic accessory, the selected actuation pattern comprising:
data defining a haptic sequence to be produced by the set of haptic actuators; and
a directional component configured to indicate to the wearer the direction; and
in response to an event, cause the set of haptic actuators to actuate in accordance with the actuation pattern.