Mouse device with tactile feedback applied to housing
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G06F-009/00
G09G-005/00
출원번호
US-0125711
(1997-02-21)
우선권정보
SE-9600686(1996-02-23)
국제출원번호
PCT/SE97/000293
(1997-02-21)
§371/§102 date
19990304
(19990304)
국제공개번호
WO97/031333
(1997-08-28)
발명자
/ 주소
Shalit,Thomer
출원인 / 주소
Immersion Corporation
대리인 / 주소
Thelen Reid &
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
29인용 특허 :
131
초록▼
A computer mouse device for tracking user input and providing tactile feedback. A housing includes a lower portion designed to move over a flat surface, and a casing portion engaged by a palm of a user's hand. A sensor is provided within the housing for tracking the motion of the housing with repect
A computer mouse device for tracking user input and providing tactile feedback. A housing includes a lower portion designed to move over a flat surface, and a casing portion engaged by a palm of a user's hand. A sensor is provided within the housing for tracking the motion of the housing with repect to the flat surface, where motion data from the sensor is transmitted to a host computer for updating the status of a cursor on a graphical display displaying one or more graphical details. The mouse device receives over signal lines a sensory feedback signal from the host computer when the displayed cursor interacts with a graphical detail in response to the motion data. An actuator is included within and coupled to the housing and generates motion of the casing in a direction substantially orthogonal to the flat surface, delivering a tactile sensation to the user's palm in response to the sensory feedback signal received over the signal lines.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing having a base, a casing and a button, said casing and said button being movable with respect to said base; a tracking element disposed within said housing, said tracking element configured to track a motion of said housing in a first direc
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus, comprising: a housing having a base, a casing and a button, said casing and said button being movable with respect to said base; a tracking element disposed within said housing, said tracking element configured to track a motion of said housing in a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction; a movement generator disposed within and coupled to said housing, said movement generator configured to deliver a tactile sensation to the casing in response to a sensory feedback signal received over a signal channel; and a resilient material disposed between said casing and said base, said resilient material configured to store and release energy. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said movement generator is configured to generate vibrations of varying frequency corresponding to different graphical details on a graphical display. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein said sensory feedback signal is configured to convey a particular vibration frequency by a coding of pulse sequences. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said movement generate is configured to generate said tactile sensation over the entirety of said housing. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said movement generator is configured to move said casing portion with respect to said base. 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said movement generator includes an electromagnetic actuator. 7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said movement generator is further configured to deliver the tactile sensation based on an interaction with graphical details on a graphical display, at least one of the graphical details being a border of a window. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said movement generator is further configured to deliver the tactile sensation based on an interaction with graphical details on a graphical display, at least one of the graphical details being an icon. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the motion of said housing includes a vibration of said housing, different graphical details of a graphical display corresponding to different frequencies of the vibration. 10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said movement generator is configured to generate a motion of said housing by impacting said housing with a moving portion of said movement generator. 11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein said movement generator is configured to impact said housing at a location underneath a top surface of said housing. 12. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein said movement of said casing portion includes slanting the casing portion in a direction with respect to said lower portion. 13. An apparatus, comprising: a housing including a lower portion and an upper portion, said lower portion movable over a substantially flat surface, said upper portion being movable with respect to said lower portion; a tracking element disposed within said housing, said tracking element configured to track movement of said housing with respect to the substantially flat surface; a movement generator disposed within and couple to said housing, said movement generator configured to output a tactile sensation through said upper portion of said housing in response to a sensory feedback signal received over a signal channel; and a resilient material disposed between said lower portion and said upper portion , said resilient material configured to store and release energy. 14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said movement generator is configured to output bump sensations of varying magnitude corresponding to graphical details on a graphical display. 15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said movement generator is configured to vibrate said housing at varying frequencies corresponding to different graphical details on a graphical display. 16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the tactile sensation includes a vibration of said housing, the sensory feedback signal being configured to convey a particular vibration frequency based on a coding of pulse sequences. 17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein said resilient material is configured to enable said bump sensation. 18. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said movement generator is configured to move said upper portion of said housing with respect to said lower portion of said housing. 19. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said movement generator includes an electromagnetic actuator. 20. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said movement generator is configured to activate based on a simulated interaction with graphical details on a graphical display, at least one of the graphical details being a border of a window. 21. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said movement generator is configured to activate based on a simulated interaction of a cursor with graphical details on a graphical display, at least one of the graphical details being an icon. 22. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said tactile sensation includes a vibration of said housing. 23. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said movement generator is configured to generate motion of said upper portion of said housing by impacting said upper portion with a moving portion of said movement generator. 24. A method, comprising: receiving at a mouse device a sensory feedback signal, the mouse device having a button, a casing portion and a bottom portion, the button and the casing portion being movable with respect to the bottom portion, a resilient material being disposed between the casing portion and the bottom portion; and generating a movement of the casing portion of said mouse device with respect to the bottom portion of said mouse device in response to said received sensory feedback signal. 25. The method of claim 24, wherein generating the movement includes generating vibrations of varying frequency, each frequency corresponding to a different graphical detail on a graphical display. 26. The method of claim 25, wherein the sensory feedback signal is operative to output a particular vibration frequency by a coding of pulse sequences. 27. The method of claim 24, wherein the movement of the casing portion is generated by a movement generator including electromagnets. 28. The method of claim 27, wherein the movement generator is configured to activate based on a simulated interaction with graphical details on a graphical display, at least one of the graphical details being a border of a window. 29. The method of claim 27, wherein the movement generator is configured to activate based on a simulated interaction with graphical details on a graphical display, at least one of the graphical details being an icon. 30. The method of claim 24, wherein the movement of the casing portion includes a vibration of the casing portion. 31. The method of claim 24, wherein a movement generator is configured to generate the movement of the casing portion by impacting the casing portion with a moving portion of the movement generator. 32. The method of claim 31, wherein the movement generator impacts the casing portion at an upper surface of the casing portion. 33. The method of claim 24, wherein the movement of the casing portion includes slanting the casing portion in a direction with respect to the bottom portion. 34. The method of claim 24, further comprising: limiting a movement of a cursor to within a border of a graphical detail on a graphical display; and releasing said cursor from within the border when the casing portion is depressed with respect to said bottom portion.
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