Technology
U.S. Patents as of April 1, 2013
Immersion has over 1200 issued or pending patents in the U.S. and other countries. All U.S. Patents as of April 1, 2013 are listed below.
Full-text images of issued and published United States patents are available from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website, and may be located by the patent number listed below on the USPTO’s patent number search page.
| U.S. Patent No. | Issue Date (DD/MM/YY) |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 5,184,319 | 02/02/93 | Force Feedback and Textures Simulating Interface Device |
| 5,185,561 | 02/09/93 | Torque Motor as a Tactile Feedback Device in a Computer System |
| 5,220,260 | 06/15/93 | Actuator Having Electronically Controllable Tactile Responsiveness |
| 5,235,868 | 08/17/93 | Mechanism for Generating Control Signals |
| 5,389,865 | 02/14/95 | Method and System for Providing a Tactile Virtual Reality and Manipulator Defining an Interface Device Therefor |
| 5,414,337 | 05/09/95 | Actuator Having Electronically Controllable Tactile Responsiveness |
| 5,438,529 | 08/01/95 | Percussion Input Device for Personal Computer Systems |
| 5,459,382 B1 5,459,382* |
10/17/95 06/09/98* |
Method and System for Providing a Tactile Virtual Reality and Manipulator Defining an Interface Device Therefor *Re-Examined |
| 5,482,056 | 01/09/96 | Determination of Thumb Position Using Measurements of Abduction and Rotation |
| 5,559,412 | 09/24/96 | Actuator Having Electronically Controllable Tactile Responsiveness |
| 5,576,727 | 11/19/96 | Electromechanical Human-Computer Interface With Force Feedback |
| 5,589,854 | 12/31/96 | Touching Feedback Device |
| 5,592,401 | 01/07/97 | Accurate, Rapid, Reliable Position Sensing Using Multiple Sensing Technologies |
| D377,932 | 02/11/97 | Mechanical Digitizing Arm Used to Input Three Dimensional Data Into a Computer |
| 5,623,582 | 04/22/97 | Computer Interface or Control Input Device for Laparoscopic Surgical Instrument and Other Elongated Mechanical Objects |
| 5,629,594 | 05/13/97 | Force Feedback System |
| 5,631,861 | 05/20/97 | Force Feedback and Textures Simulating Interface Device |
| 5,666,138 | 09/09/97 | Interface Control |
| 5,676,157 | 10/14/97 | Determination of Kinematically Constrained Multi-Articulated Structures |
| 5,691,898 | 11/25/97 | Safe and Low Cost Computer Peripherals With Force Feedback for Consumer Applications |
| 5,701,140 | 12/23/97 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a Cursor Control Interface With Force Feedback |
| 5,721,566 | 02/24/98 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Damping Force Feedback |
| 5,724,264 | 03/03/98 | Method and Apparatus for Tracking the Position and Orientation of a Stylus and for Digitizing a 3-D Object |
| 5,731,804 | 03/24/98 | Method and Apparatus for Providing High Bandwidth, Low Noise Mechanical I/O for Computer Systems |
| 5,734,373 | 03/31/98 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Force Feedback Interface Systems Utilizing a Host Computer |
| 5,739,811 | 04/14/98 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Human Interface Systems Providing Force Feedback |
| 5,754,023 | 05/19/98 | Gyro-stabilized Platforms for Force Feedback Applications |
| 5,767,839 | 06/16/98 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Passive Human-Computer Interface Systems |
| 5,769,640 | 06/23/98 | Method and System for Simulating Medical Procedures Including Virtual Reality and Control Method and System for Use Therein |
| 5,805,140 | 09/08/98 | High Bandwidth Force Feedback Interface Using Voice Coils and Flexures |
| 5,821,920 | 10/13/98 | Control Input Device for Interfacing an Elongated Flexible Object With a Computer System |
| 5,825,308 | 10/20/98 | Force Feedback Interface Having Isotonic and Isometric Functionality |
| 5,828,197 | 10/27/98 | Mechanical Interface Having Multiple Grounded Actuators |
| 5,857,986 | 01/12/99 | Interactive Vibrator for Multimedia |
| 5,880,714 | 03/09/99 | Three-Dimensional Cursor Control Interface With Force Feedback |
| 5,907,487 | 05/25/99 | Force Feedback Device With Safety Feature |
| 5,929,607 | 07/27/99 | Low Cost Force Feedback Interface With Efficient Power Sourcing |
| 5,930,741 | 07/27/99 | Accurate, Rapid, Reliable Position Sensing Using Multiple Sensing Technologies |
| 5,929,846 | 07/27/99 | Force Feedback Interface Device Including Grounded Sensor System |
| 5,956,484 | 09/21/99 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Force Feedback Over a Computer Network |
| 5,959,613 | 09/28/99 | Method and Apparatus for Shaping Force Signals for a Force Feedback Device |
| 5,999,168 | 12/07/99 | Haptic Accelerator for Force Feedback Computer Peripherals |
| 6,015,473 | 01/18/00 | Method for Producing a Precision 3-D Measuring Apparatus |
| 6,020,875 | 02/01/00 | High Fidelity Mechanical Transmission System and Interface Device |
| 6,020,876 | 02/01/00 | Force Feedback Interface With Selective Disturbance Filter |
| 6,020,967 | 02/01/00 | Differential Displacement Optical Sensor |
| 6,024,576 | 02/15/00 | Hemispherical, High Bandwidth Mechanical Interface for Computer Systems |
| 6,028,593 | 02/22/00 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Simulated Physical Interactions Within Computer Generated Environments |
| 6,037,927 | 03/14/00 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Force Feedback to the User of an Interactive Computer Simulation |
| 6,042,555 | 03/28/00 | Force-Feedback Interface Device for the Hand |
| 6,046,727 | 04/04/00 | Three Dimensional Position Sensing Interface With Force Output |
| 6,050,718 | 04/18/00 | Method and Apparatus for Providing High Bandwidth Force Feedback With Improved Actuator Feel |
| 6,050,962 | 04/18/00 | Goniometer-Based Body-Tracking Device and Method |
| 6,057,828 | 05/02/00 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Force Sensations in Virtual Environments in Accordance With Host Software |
| 6,061,004 | 05/09/00 | Providing Force Feedback Using An Interface Device Including An Indexing Function |
| 6,067,077 | 05/23/00 | Position Sensing for Force Feedback Devices |
| 6,078,308 | 06/20/00 | Graphical Click Surfaces for Force Feedback Applications to Provide User Selection Using Cursor Interaction with a Trigger Position Within a Boundary of a Graphical Object |
| 6,078,876 | 06/20/00 | Method and Apparatus for Tracking the Position and Orientation of a Stylus and for Digitizing a 3-D Object |
| D427635 | 07/04/00 | Surgical Simulation System |
| 6,088,017 | 07/11/00 | Tactile feedback man-machine interface device |
| 6,088,019 | 07/11/00 | Low Cost Force Feedback Device With Actuator for Non-Primary Axis |
| 6,100,874 | 08/08/00 | Force Feedback Mouse Interface |
| 6,101,530 | 08/08/00 | Force Feedback Provided Over a Computer Network |
| 6,104,379 | 08/15/00 | Forearm-Supported Exoskeletal Hand-Tracking Device |
| 6,104,382 | 08/15/00 | Force Feedback Transmission Mechanisms |
| 6,106,301 | 08/22/00 | Interventional Radiology Interface Apparatus and Method |
| 6,110,130 | 08/29/00 | Exoskeleton Device for Directly Measuring Fingertip Position and Inferring Finger Joint Angle |
| 6,125,337 | 09/26/00 | Probe Apparatus and Method for Tracking the Position and Orientation of a Stylus and Controlling a Cursor |
| 6,125,385 | 09/26/00 | Force Feedback Implementation in Web Pages |
| 6,128,006 | 10/03/00 | Force Feedback Mouse Wheel and Other Control Wheels |
| 6,134,506 | 10/17/00 | Method and Apparatus for Tracking the Position and Orientation of a Stylus and for Digitizing a 3-D Object |
| 6,147,674 | 11/14/00 | Method and Apparatus for Designing Force Sensations in Force Feedback Computer Applications |
| 6,148,280 | 11/14/00 | Accurate, Rapid, Reliable Position Sensing Using Multiple Sensing Technologies |
| 6,154,198 | 11/28/00 | Force Feedback Interface Apparatus Including Backlash and for Generating Feel Sensations |
| 6,154,201 | 11/28/00 | Control Knob With Multiple Degrees of Freedom and Force Feedback |
| 6,161,126 | 12/12/00 | Implementing Force Feedback Over the World Wide Web and Other Computer Networks |
| 6,166,723 | 12/26/00 | Mouse Interface Device Providing Force Feedback |
| 6,169,540 | 01/02/01 | Method and Apparatus for Designing Force Sensations in Force Feedback Applications |
| 6,184,868 | 02/06/01 | Haptic Feedback Control Devices |
| 6,191,774 | 02/20/01 | Mouse Interface for Providing Force Feedback |
| 6,195,618 | 02/27/01 | Component Position Verification Using a Probe Apparatus |
| 6,201,533 | 03/13/01 | Method and Apparatus for Applying Force Feedback Devices Using Friction |
| 6,211,861 | 04/03/01 | Tactile Mouse Device |
| 6,215,470 | 04/10/01 | User Interface Device Including Braking Mechanism for Interfacing with Computer Simulations |
| 6,219,032 | 04/17/01 | Method for Providing Force Feedback to a User of an Interface Device Based on Interactions of a Controlled Cursor with Graphical Elements in a Graphical User Interface |
| 6,219,033 | 04/17/01 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Force Feedback Interface Systems Utilizing a Host Computer |
| 6,232,891 | 05/15/01 | Force Feedback Interface Device Having Isometric Functionality |
| 6,243,078 | 06/05/01 | Pointing Device with Force Feedback Button |
| 6,246,390 | 06/12/01 | Multiple Degree-of-Freedom Mechanical Interface to a Computer System |
| 6,252,579 | 06/26/01 | Interface Device and Method for Providing Enhanced Cursor Control with Force Feedback |
| 6,252,583 | 06/26/01 | Memory and Force Output Management for a Force Feedback System |
| 6,256,011 | 07/03/01 | Multi-Function Control Device with Force Feedback |
| 6,259,382 | 07/10/01 | Isotonic-Isometric Force Feedback Interface |
| 6,271,828 | 08/07/01 | Force Feedback Interface Devices Providing Resistance Forces Using a Fluid |
| 6,271,833 | 08/07/01 | Low Cost Force Feedback Peripheral with Button Activated Feel Sensations |
| 6,275,213 B1 | 08/14/01 | Tactile Feedback Man-Machine Interface Device |
| 6,278,439 | 08/21/01 | Method and Apparatus for Shaping Force Signals for a Force Feedback Device |
| 6,281,651 | 08/28/01 | Haptic Pointing Device |
| 6,285,351 | 09/04/01 | Designing Force Sensations for Computer Applications Including Sounds |
| 6,288,705 | 09/11/01 | Interface Device and Method for Providing Indexed Cursor Control with Force Feedback |
| 6,292,170 | 09/18/01 | Designing Compound Force Sensations for Computer Applications |
| 5,754,023 *RE37374 |
05/19/98 *09/18/01 | Gyro-Stabilized Platforms for Force Feedback Applications *Re-Issue |
| 6,292,174 | 09/18/01 | Enhanced Cursor Control Using Limited-Workspace Force Feedback Devices |
| 6,300,936 | 10/09/01 | Force Feedback System Including Multi-tasking Graphical Host Environment and Interface Device |
| 6,300,937 | 10/09/01 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Human-computer Interface Systems Providing Force Feedback for a Computer Interface Device |
| 6,300,938 | 10/09/01 | Multi-cylinder Control Device for Computers & Other Electronic Apparatus |
| 6,304,091 | 10/16/01 | Absolute Position Sensing by Phase Shift Detection Using a Variable Capacitor |
| 6,310,605 | 10/30/01 | Force Feedback Interface with Selective Disturbance Filter |
| 6,317,116 | 11/13/01 | Graphical Click Surfaces for Force Feedback Applications to Provide Selection of Functions Using Cursor Interaction With a Trigger Position of a Graphical Object |
| 6,323,837 | 11/27/01 | Method and Apparatus for Interfacing an Elongated Object With a Computer System. |
| 6,342,880 | 01/29/02 | Force Feedback System Including Multiple Force Processors. |
| 6,343,349 | 01/29/02 | Memory Caching for Force Feedback Effects. |
| 6,348,911 | 02/19/02 | Force Feedback Device Including Safety Switch and Force Magnitude Ramping |
| 6,353,850 | 03/05/02 | Force Feedback Provided in Web Pages. |
| 6,353,427 | 03/05/02 | Low Cost Force Feedback Device With Actuator for Non-primary Axis. |
| 6,366,272 | 04/02/02 | Providing Interactions Between Simulated Objects Using Force Feedback |
| 6,366,273 | 04/02/02 | Force Feedback Cursor Control Interface |
| 6,374,255 | 04/16/02 | Haptic Authoring |
| 6,380,925 | 04/30/02 | Force Feedback Device With Spring Selection Mechanism |
| 6,396,232 | 05/28/02 | Haptic Pointing Devices |
| 6,400,352 | 06/04/02 | Mechanical and Force Transmission for Force Feedback Devices |
| 6,408,253 | 06/18/02 | Component Position Verification Using a Position Tracking Device |
| 6,411,276 | 06/25/02 | Hybrid Control of Haptic Feedback for Host Computer and Interface Device |
| 6,413,229 | 07/02/02 | Force-Feedback Interface Device For the Hand |
| 6,424,333 | 07/23/02 | Tactile Feedback Man-machine Interface Device |
| 6,424,356 | 07/23/02 | Command of Force Sensations in a Forceback System Using Force Effect Suites |
| 6,429,846 | 08/06/02 | Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls |
| 6,428,490 | 08/06/02 | Goniometer-Based Body-Tracking Device and Method |
| 6,437,771 | 08/20/02 | Force Feedback Device Including Flexure Member Between Actuator and User Object |
| 6,445,284 | 09/03/02 | Electro-mechanical Transducer Suitable for Tactile Display and Article Conveyance |
| 6,448,977 | 09/10/02 | Textures and Other Spatial Sensations For a Relative Haptic Interface Device |
| 6,469,692 | 10/22/02 | Interface Device With Tactile Feedback Button |
| 6,470,302 | 10/22/02 | Interface Device and Method for Interfacing Instruments to Vascular Access Simulation Systems |
| 6,486,872 | 11/26/02 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Passive Fluid Force Feedback |
| 6,497,672 | 12/24/02 | Device and Method for Measuring the Position of Animate Links |
| 6,563,487 | 05/13/03 | Haptic Feedback for Directional Control Pads |
| 6,564,168 | 05/13/03 | High-resolution Optical Encoder with Phased-array Photodetectors |
| 6,580,417 | 06/17/03 | Tactile Feedback Device Providing Tactile Sensations from Host Commands |
| 6,636,161 | 10/21/03 | Isometric Haptic Feedback Interface |
| 6,636,197 | 10/21/03 | Haptic Feedback Effects for Control, Knobs and Other Interface Devices |
| 6,639,581 | 10/28/03 | Flexure Mechanism for Interface Device |
| 6,654,000 | 11/25/03 | Physically Realistic Computer Simulation of Medical Procedures |
| 6,661,403 | 12/09/03 | Method and Apparatus for Streaming Force Values to a Force Feedback Device |
| 6,680,729 | 01/20/04 | Increasing Force Transmissibility for Tactile Feedback Interface Devices |
| 6,683,437 | 01/27/04 | Current Controlled Motor Amplifier System |
| 6,686,901 | 02/03/04 | Enhancing Inertial Tactile Feedback In Computer Interface Devices Having Increased Mass |
| 6,686,911 | 02/03/04 | Control Knob with Control Modes and Force Feedback |
| 6,693,622 | 02/17/04 | Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback Devices |
| 6,693,626 | 02/17/04 | Haptic Feedback Using a Keyboard Device |
| 6,697,043 | 02/24/04 | Haptic Interface Device and Actuator Assembly Providing Linear Haptic Sensations |
| 6,697,044 | 02/24/04 | Haptic Feedback Device with Button Forces |
| 6,697,048 | 02/24/04 | Computer Interface Apparatus Including Linkage Having Flex |
| 6,697,748 | 02/24/04 | Digitizing System and Rotary Table for Determining 3-D Geometry of an Object |
| 6,697,086 | 02/24/04 | Designing Force Sensations for Force Feedback Computer Applications |
| 6,701,296 | 03/02/04 | Strain-Sensing Goniometers Systems, and Recognition Algorithms |
| 6,703,550 | 03/09/04 | Sound Data Output and Manipulation Using Haptic Feedback |
| 6,704,001 | 03/09/04 | Force Feedback Device Including Actuator with Moving Magnet |
| 6,704,002 | 03/09/04 | Position Sensing Methods for Interface Devices |
| 6,704,683 | 03/09/04 | Direct Velocity Estimation for Encoders Using Nonlinear Period Measurement |
| 6,705,871 | 03/16/04 | Method and Apparatus for Providing an Interface Mechanism for a Computer Simulation |
| 6,707,443 |
03/16/04 | Haptic Trackball Device |
| 6,715,045 | 03/30/04 | Host Cache for Haptic Feedback Effects |
| 6,717,573 | 04/06/04 | Low-cost Haptic Mouse Implementations |
| 6,750,877 | 06/15/04 | Controlling Haptic Feedback for Enhancing Navigation in a Graphical Environment |
| 6,762,745 | 07/13/04 | Actuator Control Providing Linear and Continuous Force Output |
| 6,781,569 | 08/24/04 | Hand Controller |
| 6,816,148 | 11/09/04 | Enhanced Cursor Control Using Interface Devices |
| 6,817,973 | 11/16/04 | Apparatus for Controlling Force for Manipulation of Medical Instruments |
| 6,822,635 | 11/23/04 | Haptic Interface for Laptop Computers and Other Portable Devices |
| 6,833,846 | 12/21/04 | Control Methods For The Reduction of Limit Cycle Oscillations for Haptic Devices With Displacement Quantization |
| 6,850,222 | 02/01/05 | Passive Force Feedback for Computer Interface Devices |
| 6,859,819 | 02/22/05 | Force Feedback Enabled Over a Computer Network |
| 6,864,877 | 03/08/05 | Directional Tactile Feedback for Haptic Feedback Interface Devices |
| 6,894,678 | 05/17/05 | Cursor Control Using a Tactile Feedback Device |
| 6,903,721 | 06/07/05 | Method and Apparatus for Compensating for Position Slip in Interface Devices |
| 6,904,823 | 06/14/05 | Haptic Shifting Devices |
| 6,906,697 | 06/14/05 | Haptic Sensations for Tactile Feedback Interface Devices |
| 6,924,787 |
08/02/05 | Interface for Controlling a Graphical Image |
| 6,928,386 |
08/09/05 | High-Resolution Optical Encoder with Phased-Array Photodetectors |
| 6,929,481 |
08/16/05 | Interface Device and Method for Interfacing Instruments to Medical Procedure Simulation Systems |
| 6,933,920 |
08/23/05 | Data Filter for Haptic Feedback Devices Having Low-Bandwidth Communication Links |
| 6,937,033 |
08/30/05 | Position Sensor with Resistive Element |
| 6,946,812 |
09/20/05 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Force Feedback Using Multiple Grounded Actuators |
| 6,956,558 |
10/18/05 | Rotary Force Feedback Wheels for Remote Control Devices |
| 6,965,370 |
11/15/05 | Haptic Feedback Devices for Simulating an Orifice |
| 6,982,696 | 01/03/06 | Moving Magnet Actuator for Providing Haptic Feedback |
| 6,982,700 | 01/03/06 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Force Feedback Interface Systems Utilizing a Host Computer |
| 6,987,504 | 01/17/06 | Interface Device for Sensing Position and Orientation and Outputting Force to a User |
| 6,995,744 | 02/07/06 | Device and Assembly for Providing Linear Tactile Sensations |
| 7,023,423 | 04/04/06 | Laparoscopic Simulation Interface |
| 7,024,625 | 04/04/06 | Mouse Device with Tactile Feedback Applied to Housing |
| 7,027,032 | 04/11/06 | Designing Force Sensations for Force Feedback Computer Applications |
| 7,038,657 | 05/02/06 | Power Management for Interface Devices Applying Forces |
| 7,038,667 | 05/02/06 | Mechanisms for Control Knobs and Other Interface Devices |
| 7,039,866 | 05/02/06 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Dynamic Force Sensations for Force Feedback Computer Applications |
| 7,050,955 | 05/23/06 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Dynamic Force Sensations for Force Feedback Computer Applications |
| 7,054,775 | 05/30/06 | Digitizing System and Rotary Table for Determining 3-D Geometry of an Object |
| 7,056,123 | 06/06/06 | Interface Apparatus with Cable-Driven Force Feedback and Grounded Actuators |
| 7,061,466 | 06/13/06 | Force Feedback Device Including Single-Phase, Fixed-Coil Actuators |
| 7,061,467 | 06/13/06 | Force Feedback Device with Microprocessor Receiving Low Levels Commands |
| 7,070,571 | 07/04/06 | Ganiometer-Based Body-Tracking Device |
| 7,084,854 | 08/01/06 | Actuator for Providing Tactile Sensations and Device for Directional Tactile Sensations |
| 7,084,884 | 08/01/06 | Graphical Object Interactions |
| 7,091,948 | 08/15/06 | Design of Force Sensations for Haptic Feedback Computer Interfaces |
| 7,091,950 | 08/15/06 | Force Feedback Device Including Non-Rigid Coupling |
| 7,096,852 | 08/29/06 | Haptic Throttle Devices and Methods |
| 7,102,541 | 09/05/06 | Isotonic-Isometric Haptic Feedback Interface |
| 7,104,152 | 09/12/06 | Haptic Shifting Devices |
| 7,106,305 | 09/12/06 | Haptic Feedback Using a Keyboard Device |
| 7,106,313 | 09/12/06 | Force Feedback Interface Device with Force Functionality Button |
| 7,112,737 | 09/26/06 | System and Method for Providing a Haptic Effect to a Musical Instrument |
| 7,113,166 | 09/26/06 | Force Feedback Devices Using Fluid Braking |
| 7,116,317 | 10/03/06 | Systems and Methods for User Interfaces Designed for Rotary Input Devices |
| 7,131,073 | 10/31/06 | Force Feedback Applications Based on Cursor Engagement with Graphical Targets |
| 7,136,045 | 11/14/06 | Tactile Mouse |
| 7,148,875 | 12/12/06 | Haptic Feedback For Touchpads and Other Touch Controls |
| 7,151,432 | 12/19/06 | Circuit and Method for a Switch Matrix and Switch Sensing |
| 7,151,527 | 12/19/06 | Tactile Feedback Interface Device Including Display Screen |
| 7,154,470 | 12/26/06 | Envelope Modulator for Haptic Feedback Devices |
| 7,158,112 | 01/02/07 | Interactions Between Simulated Objects With Force Feedback |
| 7,159,008 | 01/02/07 | Chat Interface with Haptic Feedback Functionality |
| 7,161,580 | 01/09/07 | Haptic Feedback Using Rotary Harmonic Moving Mass |
| 7,168,042 | 01/23/07 | Force Effects for Object Types in a Graphical User Interface |
| 7,182,691 | 02/27/07 | Directional Inertial Tactile Feedback Using Rotating Masses |
| 7,193,607 | 03/20/07 | Flexure Mechanism for Interface Device |
| 7,196,688 | 03/27/07 | Haptic Devices Using Electroactive Polymers |
| 7,198,137 | 04/03/07 | Systems and Methods for Providing Passive Haptic Feedback with Positioning Sensing |
| 7,199,790 | 04/03/07 | Providing Force Feedback to a User of an Interface Device Based on Interactions of a User-Controlled Cursor in a Graphical User Interface |
| 7,202,851 | 04/10/07 | Haptic Interface for Palpation Simulation |
| 7,205,981 | 04/17/07 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Resistive Haptic Feedback Using a Vacuum Source |
| 7,208,671 | 04/24/07 | Sound Data Output and Manipulation Using Haptic Feedback |
| 7,209,028 | 04/24/07 | Position Sensor with Resistive Element |
| 7,209,117 | 04/24/07 | Method and Apparatus for Streaming Force Values to a Force Feedback Device |
| 7,209,118 | 04/24/07 | Increasing Force Transmissibility for Tactile Feedback Interface Devices |
| 7,215,326 | 05/08/07 | Physically Realistic Computer Simulation of Medical Procedures |
| 7,218,310 | 05/15/07 | Providing Enhanced Haptic Feedback Effects |
| 7,233,313 | 06/19/07 | Control Knob with Multiple Degrees of Freedom and Force Feedback |
| 7,233,315 | 06/19/07 | Haptic Feedback Devices and Methods for Simulating an Orifice |
| 7,233,476 | 06/19/07 | Actuator Thermal Protection in Haptic Feedback Devices |
| 7,236,157 | 06/26/07 | Method for Providing High Bandwidth Force Feedback with Improved Actuator Feel |
| 7,245,202 | 07/17/07 | Systems and Methods for Networked Haptic Devices |
| 7,249,951 | 07/31/07 | Method and Apparatus for Providing an Interface Mechanism for a Computer Simulation |
| 7,253,803 | 08/07/07 | Force Feedback Interface Device with Sensor |
| 7,265,750 | 09/04/07 | Haptic Feedback Stylus and other Devices |
| 7,280,095 | 10/09/07 | Hierarchical Methods For Generating Force Feedback Effects |
| 7,283,123 | 10/16/07 | Textures and other Spatial Sensations for a Relative Haptic Interface |
| 7,283,120 | 10/16/07 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Haptic Feedback Having A Position-Based Component And A Predetermined Time-Based Component |
| 7,289,106 | 10/31/07 | Method and Apparatus for Palpation Simulation |
| 5,754,023 *RE39906 |
05/19/98 *11/6/07 |
Gyro-Stabilized Platforms for Force Feedback Applications *Re-Issue |
| 7,299,321 | 11/20/07 | Memory and Force Output Management for a Force Feedback System |
| 7,307,619 | 12/11/07 | Haptic Interface for Palpation Simulation |
| 7,308,831 | 12/18/07 | Interface Device and Method for Interfacing Instruments to Vascular Access Simulation Systems |
| 7,319,374 | 01/15/08 | Moving Magnet Actuator |
| 7,327,348 | 02/26/08 | Haptic Feedback Effects for Control Knobs and Other Interface Devices |
| 7,336,260 | 02/26/08 | Method and Appartus for Providing Tactile Feedback Sensations |
| 7,336,266 | 02/26/08 | Haptic Pads For Use With User-Interface Devices |
| 7,339,572 | 03/04/08 | Haptic Devices using Electroactive Polymers |
| 7,369,115 | 05/06/08 | Haptic Devices Having Multiple Operational Modes Including at Least one Resonant Mode |
| RE40341 | 05/27/08 | Controller |
| 7,386,415 | 06/10/08 | System and Method for Increasing Sensor Resolution Using Interpolation |
| 7,404,716 | 07/29/08 | Interface Apparatus with Cable-Driven Force Feedback and Four Grounded Actuators |
| 7,405,729 | 07/29/08 | Systems and Methods for User Interfaces Designed for Rotary Input Devices |
| 7,406,943 | 08/05/08 | Haptic Throttle Devices and Methods |
| 7,423,631 *RE40808 |
09/09/08 *06/30/09 |
Low-Cost Haptic Mouse Implementation *Re-Issue |
| 7,425,675 | 09/16/08 | System and Method for Manipulation of Sound Data Using Haptic Feedback |
| 7,432,910 | 10/07/08 | Haptic Interface Device and Actuator Assembly Providing Linear Haptic Sensations |
| 7,439,951 | 10/21/08 | Power Management for Interface Devices Applying Forces |
| 7,446,752 | 11/04/08 | Controlling Haptic Sensations for Vibrotactile Feedback Interface Devices |
| 7,447,604 | 11/04/08 | Method and Apparatus for Compensating for Position Slip in Interface Devices |
| 7,450,110 | 11/11/08 | Haptic Interface for Laptop Computers and Other Portable Devices |
| 7,453,039 | 11/18/08 | System and Method for Providing a Haptic Feedback to a Musical Instrument |
| 7,456,821 | 11/25/08 | User Interface Device |
| 7,460,105 | 12/02/08 | Interface Device for Sensing Position and Orientation and Outputting Force Feedback |
| 7,472,047 | 12/30/08 | System and Method for Constraining a Graphical Hand From Penetrating Simulated Graphical Objects |
| 7,477,237 | 01/13/09 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Haptic Manipulation |
| 7,489,309 | 02/10/09 | Control Knob with Multiple Degrees of Freedom and Force Feedback |
| 7,493,365 | 02/17/09 | Chat Interface with Haptic Feedback Functionality |
| 7,502,011 | 03/10/09 | Hybrid Control of Haptic Feedback for Host Computer and Interface Device |
| 7,500,853 | 03/10/09 | Hemispherical High Bandwidth Mechanical Interface for Computer Systems |
| 7,505,030 | 03/17/09 | Medical Device and Procedure Simulation |
| 7,511,706 | 03/31/09 | Haptic Devices using Electroactive Polymers |
| 7,535,454 | 05/19/09 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Haptic Feedback |
| 7,548,232 | 06/16/09 | Haptic Interface for Laptop Computers and Other Portable Devices |
| 7,557,794 | 07/07/09 | Filtering Sensor Data to Reduce Disturbances from Force Feedback |
| 7,561,141 | 07/14/09 | Haptic Feedback Device With Button Forces |
| 7,561,142 | 07/14/09 | Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback Devices |
| 7,564,444 | 07/21/09 | Force Feedback Mouse Wheel And Knobs |
| 7,567,232 | 07/28/09 | Method of Using Tactile Feedback to Deliver Silent Status Information to a User of an Electronic Device |
| 7,567,243 | 07/28/09 | System and Method for Low Power Haptic Feedback |
| 7,573,461 | 08/11/09 | Physically Realistic Computer Simulation of Medical Procedures |
| 7,589,717 | 09/15/09 | Systems and Methods for User Interfaces Designed for Rotary Input Devices |
| 7,592,999 | 09/22/09 | Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls |
| 7,602,384 | 10/13/09 | Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls |
| 7,605,800 | 10/20/09 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Human-Computer Interface Systems Providing Force Feedback |
| 7,623,114 | 11/24/09 | Haptic Feedback Sensations Based on Audio Output From Computer Devices |
| 7,626,579 | 12/01/09 | Sanitizing Touch Panel Surface |
| 7,636,080 | 12/22/09 | Networked Applications Including Haptic Feedback |
| 7,639,232 | 12/29/09 | Systems and Methods for Controlling a Resonant Device for Generating Vibrotactile Haptic Effects |
| 7,650,810 | 01/26/10 | Haptic Control Devices |
| 7,656,388 | 02/02/10 | Controlling Vibrotactile Sensations for Haptic Feedback Devices |
| 7,659,473 | 02/09/10 | System and Method for Providing a Haptic Feedback to a Musical Instrument |
| 7,667,687 | 02/23/10 | Resistive and Hybrid Control Schemes for Haptic Feedback Interface Devices |
| 7,676,356 | 03/09/10 | System, Method, and Data Structure for Simulated Interaction with Graphical Objects |
| 7,679,611 | 03/16/10 | Haptic Stylus Utilizing an Electroactive Polymer |
| 7,688,310 | 03/30/10 | Haptic Feedback Using a Keyboard Device |
| 7,696,978 | 04/13/10 | Enhanced Cursor Control Using Interface Devices |
| 7,701,438 | 04/20/10 | Design of Force Sensations for Haptic Feedback Computer Interfaces |
| 7,706,000 | 04/27/10 | Orientation Sensing of a Rod |
| 7,710,399 | 05/04/10 | Haptic Trackball Device |
| 7,728,820 | 06/01/10 | Haptic Feedback For Touchpads And Other Touch Controls |
| 7,742,036 | 06/22/10 | System and Method for Controlling Haptic Devices Having Multiple Operational Modes |
| 7,755,602 | 07/13/10 | Tactile Feedback Man-Machine Interface Device |
| 7,765,182 | 07/27/10 | Haptic Authoring |
| 7,765,333 | 07/27/10 | System and Method for Ordering Haptic Effects |
| 7,764,268 | 07/27/10 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Haptic Device |
| 7,769,417 | 08/03/10 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Haptic Feedback to Off-Activating Area |
| 7,768,504 | 08/03/10 | Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls |
| 7,777,716 | 08/17/10 | Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls |
| 7,779,166 | 08/17/10 | Using Haptic Effects to Enhance Information Content in Communications |
| 7,792,334 | 09/07/10 | Blood Vessel Location Methods |
| 7,791,588 | 09/07/10 | System And Method For Mapping Instructions Associated With Haptic Feedback |
| 7,797,849 | 09/21/10 | Portable Metrology Device |
| 7,808,488 | 10/05/10 | Method and Appartus for Providing Tactile Sensations |
| 7,806,696 | 10/05/10 | Interface Device and method for Interfacing Instruments to medical Procedure Simulation Systems |
| 7,815,436 | 10/19/10 | Surgical Simulation Interface Device and Method |
| 7,818,153 | 10/19/10 | System and Method For Constraining a Graphical Hand From Penetrating Simulated Graphical Objects |
| 7,812,493 | 10/26/10 | Providing Enhanced Haptic Feedback Effects |
| 7,821,496 | 10/26/10 | Computer Interface Apparatus Including Linkage Having Flex |
| 7,819,799 | 10/26/10 | System and Method for Controlling Force Applied to and Manipulation of Medical Instruments |
| 7,821,498 | 10/26/10 | Interface for Controlling a Graphical Image |
| 7,825,903 | 11/02/10 | Method and Apparatus For Providing Haptic Effects To A Touch Panel |
| 7,833,018 | 11/16/10 | Device and Method for Interfacing Instruments to Medical Procedure Simulation Systems |
| 7,835,892 | 11/16/10 | Ultrasound Simulation Apparatus And Method |
| 7,839,269 | 11/23/10 | Method and Apparatus For Distributing Haptic Synchronous Signals |
| 7,843,277 | 11/30/10 | Haptic Feedback Generation Based on Resonant Frequency |
| 7,843,424 | 11/30/10 | Method and Apparatus for Designing Force Sensations in Force Feedback Computer Applications |
| 7,864,164 | 01/04/11 | Haptic Interface for Palpation Simulation |
| 7,877,243 | 01/25/11 | Pivotable Computer Interface |
| 7,890,863 | 02/15/11 | Haptic Effects with Proximity Sensing |
| 7,889,174 | 02/15/11 | Tactile Feedback Interface Device Including Display Screen |
| 7,898,396 | 03/01/11 | Actuating a Tactile Sensation in Response to a Sensed Event |
| RE42183 | 03/01/11 | Interface Control |
| 7,916,121 | 03/29/11 | Hybrid Control of Haptic Feedback for Host Computer and Interface Device |
| 7,920,694 | 04/05/11 | Generation of Consistent Haptic Effects |
| 7,931,470 | 04/26/11 | Interface Device And Method For Interfacing Instruments To Medical Procedure Simulation Systems |
| 7,938,009 | 05/10/11 | Haptic Device Testing |
| 7,944,435 | 05/17/11 | Haptic Feedback For Touchpads And Other Touch Controls |
| 7,946,271 | 05/24/11 | Haptic Device in a Vehicle and Method Thereof |
| 7,952,559 | 05/31/11 | Haptic Feedback Using Rotary Harmonic Moving Mass |
| 7,965,276 | 06/21/11 | Force Output Adjustment in Force Feedback Devices Based on User Contact |
| 7,969,416 | 06/28/11 | Tactile Feedback Man-Machine Interface Device |
| 7,969,288 | 06/28/11 | Force Feedback System Including Multi-Tasking Graphical Host Environment and Interface Device |
| 7,973,769 | 07/05/11 | Localized Haptic Feedback |
| 7,978,183 | 07/12/11 | Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls |
| 7,978,186 | 07/12/11 | Mechanisms for Control Knobs and Other Interface Devices |
| 7,979,146 | 07/12/11 | System and Method for Automatically Producing Haptic Events from a Digital Audio Signal |
| 7,979,797 | 07/12/11 | Directional Inertial Tactile Feedback Using Rotating Masses |
| 7,982,711 | 07/19/11 | Haptic Profiling System And Method |
| 7,982,720 | 07/19/11 | Haptic Feedback for Touchpads and Other Touch Controls |
| 7,986,303 | 07/26/11 | Textures and Other Spatial Sensations for a Relative Haptic Interface Device |
| 8,000,825 | 08/16/11 | System and Method for Automatically Producing Haptic Events From a Digital Audio File |
| 8,002,089 | 08/23/11 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Haptic Device |
| 8,004,391 | 08/23/11 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Mood-Based Haptic Feedback |
| 8,004,492 | 08/23/11 | Interface for Controlling a Graphical Image |
| 8,005,659 | 08/23/11 | Simulation of Coupled Objects |
| 8,007,282 | 08/30/11 | Medical Simulation Interface Apparatus and Method |
| 8,013,847 | 09/06/11 | Magnetic Actuator for Providing Haptic Feedback |
| 8,018,434 | 09/13/11 | Systems and Methods for Providing a Haptic Device |
| 8,020,095 | 09/13/11 | Force Feedback System Including Multi-Taking Graphical Host Environment |
| 8,028,431 | 10/04/11 | Portable Metrology Device |
| 8,031,172 | 10/04/11 | Method And Apparatus For Wearable Remote Interface Device |
| 8,031,181 | 10/04/11 | Haptic Feedback For Touchpads And Other Touch Controls |
| 8,049,734 | 11/01/11 | Haptic Feedback For Touchpads And Other Touch Controls |
| 8,059,088 | 11/15/11 | Methods And Systems For Providing Haptic Messaging To Handheld Communication Devices |
| 8,059,104 | 11/15/11 | Haptic Interface For Touch Screen Embodiments |
| 8,059,105 | 11/15/11 | Haptic Feedback For Touchpads And Other Touch Controls |
| 8,063,892 | 11/22/11 | Haptic Interface For Touch Screen Embodiments |
| 8,063,893 | 11/22/11 | Haptic Feedback For Touchpads And Other Touch Controls |
| 8,072,422 | 12/06/11 | Networked Applications Including Haptic Feedback |
| 8,073,501 | 12/06/11 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Haptic Feedback To Non-Input Locations |
| 8,077,145 | 12/13/11 | Method And Apparatus For Controlling Force Feedback Interface Systems Utilizing A Host Computer |
| 8,093,995 | 01/10/12 | Method and Apparatus For Distributing Haptic Synchronous Signals |
| 8,098,234 | 01/17/12 | Haptic Feedback System With Stored Effects |
| 8,098,235 | 01/17/12 | Multi-touch Device Having Dynamic Haptic Effects |
| 8,102,364 | 01/24/12 | Envelope Modulator For Haptic Feedback Devices |
| 8,103,472 | 01/24/12 | Method and Apparatus For Compensating for Position Slip in Interface Devices |
| 8,123,660 | 02/28/12 | Method and Apparatus For Providing Communications With Haptic Cues |
| 8,125,442 | 02/28/12 | System and Method For Manipulation of Sound Data Using Haptic Feedback |
| 8,125,453 | 02/28/12 | System and Method For Providing Rotational Haptic Feedback |
| 8,154,537 | 04/10/12 | Resistive Actuator with Dynamic Variations of Frictional Forces |
| 8,154,512 | 04/10/12 | Products and Processes for Providing Haptic Feedback in Resistive Interface Devices |
| 8,156,809 | 04/17/12 | Systems and Methods for Resonance Detection |
| 8,157,650 | 04/17/12 | Systems and Methods for Casino Gaming Haptics |
| 8,159,461 | 04/17/12 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Tactile Sensations |
| 8,164,573 | 04/24/12 | Systems and Methods for Adaptive Interpretation of Input From a Touch-Sensitive Input Device |
| 8,167,813 | 05/01/12 | Systems and Methods for Locating a Blood Vessel |
| 8,169,402 | 05/01/12 | Vibrotactile Haptic Feedback Devices |
| 8,174,372 | 05/08/12 | Providing Haptic Feedback on a Touch Screen |
| 8,174,512 | 05/08/12 | Hybrid Haptic Device |
| 8,179,202 | 05/15/12 | Multiple Pulse Width Modulation |
| 8,180,296 | 05/15/12 | Providing Haptic Effects to Users in a Short Range Wireless System |
| 8,184,094 | 05/22/12 | Physically Realistic Computer Simulation of Medical Procedures |
| 8,188,981 | 05/29/12 | Haptic Interface for Touch Screen Embodiments |
| 8,188,989 | 05/29/12 | Control Knob with Multiple Degrees of Freedom and Force Feedback |
| 8,212,772 | 07/03/12 | Haptic Interface Device and Actuator Assembly Providing Linear Haptic Sensations |
| 8,216,212 | 07/10/12 | Providing Haptic Feedback to the Handle of a Tool |
| 8,217,769 | 07/10/12 | Actuating a Tactile Sensation in Response to a Sensed Event |
| 8,232,969 | 07/31/12 | Haptic Feedback for Button and Scrolling Action Simulation in Touch Input Devices |
| 8,244,506 | 08/14/12 | Ultrasound Simulation Apparatus and Method |
| 8,248,363 | 08/21/12 | Systems and Methods for Content and Context-Specific Haptic Effects Using Predefined Haptic Effects |
| 8,260,972 | 09/04/12 | System and Method for Ordering Haptic Effects |
| 8,264,465 | 09/11/12 | Haptic Feedback for Button and Scrolling Action Simulation in Touch Input Devices |
| 8,279,052 | 10/02/12 | Systems and Methods for Haptic Confirmation of Commands |
| 8,279,172 | 10/02/12 | Hybrid Control of Haptic Feedback for Host Computer and Interface Device |
| 8,279,193 | 10/02/12 | Interactivity Model for Shared Feedback on Mobile Device |
| 8,313,330 | 11/20/12 | Systems and Methods for Medical Tool Auto-Capture |
| 8,316,166 | 11/20/12 | Haptic Messaging in Handheld Communication Devices |
| 8,315,652 | 11/20/12 | Haptically Enabled Messaging |
| 8,325,144 | 12/04/12 | Digital Envelope Modulator for Haptic Feedback Devices |
| 8,342,853 | 01/01/13 | System for Displaying and Interacting with Palpatable Feature |
| 8,345,013 | 01/01/13 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Haptic Feedback from Plasma Actuation |
| 8,351,299 | 01/08/13 | Apparatus and Method for Providing Condition Based Vibrotactile Feedback |
| 8,352,643 | 01/08/13 | Haptically Enhanced Interactivity with Interactive Content |
| 8,364,342 | 01/29/13 | Control Wheel with Haptic Feedback |
| 8,362,882 | 01/29/13 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Haptic Feedback from Haptic Textile |
| 8,368,641 | 02/05/13 | Tactile Feedback Man-Machine Interface Device |
| 8,378,795 | 02/19/13 | Method and Apparatus for Distributing Haptic Synchronous Signals |
| 8,378,964 | 02/19/13 | System and Method for Automatically Producing Haptic Events from a Digital Audio Signal |
| 8,378,965 | 02/19/13 | Vibration Actuator with a Unidirectional Drive |
| 8,380,561 | 02/19/13 | Method and Apparatus for Scoring Haptic Devices |
| 8,390,439 | 03/05/13 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Mood-Based Haptic Feedback |
| 8,405,612 | 03/26/13 | Method and Apparatus for Wearable Remote Interface Device |
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