Contracting and elongating materials for providing input and output for an electronic device

EA Uttermann, KD Gibbs, DC Patel, FW Ow… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for providing haptic output on an electronic
device. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes an actuator configured to move …

Linear actuators for use in electronic devices

BW Degner, DH Narajowski, JA Harley… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
Embodiments described herein may take the form of an electromagnetic actuator that
produces a haptic output dur ing operation. Generally, an electromagnetic coil is wrapped …

Techniques for providing a haptic output and sensing a haptic input using a piezoelectric body

Z Zhang, RH Koch, T Songatikamas - US Patent 10,622,538, 2020 - Google Patents
Haptic interfaces are described. One haptic interface includes a piezoelectric body and first
and second electrodes coupled to the piezoelectric body. The haptic interface also includes …

Calibration of haptic devices

PK Augenbergs, MJ Piche, V Chawda… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for providing haptic output and audio output on
computing devices using the same haptic device and methods for calibrating the same. To …

Apportionment of forces for multi-touch input devices of electronic devices

A Bijamov, WC Westerman, Z Gu - US Patent 10,545,604, 2020 - Google Patents
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for determining the amounts of force applied by
at least two fingers of a user to a touch input device having a touch input surface. In one …

Dampening mechanical modes of a haptic actuator using a delay

DG Chen - US Patent 10,268,272, 2019 - Google Patents
Described herein is a method for determining a higher order resonance mode frequency of a
haptic actuator for an electronic device. The higher order resonance mode fre quency may …

Haptic notifications

JB Morrell, JA Harley, ST Hoen, BW Degner… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
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Touch surface for simulating materials

PG Puskarich - US Patent 10,459,521, 2019 - Google Patents
A system for simulating materials using touch surfaces includes a touch surface, an actuator
and/or an temperature control device, and a control unit. The control unit controls the …

Band attachment mechanism with haptic response

HW Smith IV, P KESSLER, C Moussette… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
A system includes a band, an attachment mechanism attached to the band, and one or more
haptic devices included in the attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism can …

Situationally-aware alerts

TM Miller, HA Pham, JB Morrell… - US Patent 10,609,677, 2020 - Google Patents
An electronic device that provides situationally-aware alerts determines to provide an alert
output (such as haptic, audio, visual, and so on) via an output device, determines a …