Patents by Inventor Robert Charles Blenkinsopp
Robert Charles Blenkinsopp has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11727790Abstract: A system providing various improved calibration techniques for haptic feedback is described. An acoustic field is defined by one or more control points in a space within which the acoustic field may exist. Each control point is assigned an amplitude value equating to a desired amplitude of the acoustic field at the control point. Because complete control of space is not possible, controlling the acoustic field at given points yields erroneous local maxima in the acoustic field levels at other related positions. In relation to mid-air haptic feedback, these can interfere in interactions with the space by creating secondary effects and ghost phenomena that can be felt outside the interaction area. The level and nature of the secondary maxima in the acoustic field is determined by how the space is controlled. By arranging the transducer elements in different ways, unwanted effects on the acoustic field can be limited and controlled.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: ULTRAHAPTICS IP LTDInventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp
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Publication number: 20210183215Abstract: A system providing various improved perceptions techniques for haptic feedback above interactive surfaces that require no contact with either tools, attachments or the surface itself is described. A range of receptors in a perceiving member which is part of the human body is identified to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback. A vibration frequency that is in the range of the receptors in the perceiving member is chosen and dynamically altered to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback throughout the receiving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Sriram Subramanian, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp, Sue Ann Seah
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Patent number: 10930123Abstract: A system providing various improved perceptions techniques for haptic feedback above interactive surfaces that require no contact with either tools, attachments or the surface itself is described. A range of receptors in a perceiving member which is part of the human body is identified to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback. A vibration frequency that is in the range of the receptors in the perceiving member is chosen and dynamically altered to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback throughout the receiving member.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP LtdInventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Sriram Subramanian, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp, Sue Ann Seah
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Publication number: 20210043070Abstract: A system providing various improved calibration techniques for haptic feedback is described. An acoustic field is defined by one or more control points in a space within which the acoustic field may exist. Each control point is assigned an amplitude value equating to a desired amplitude of the acoustic field at the control point. Because complete control of space is not possible, controlling the acoustic field at given points yields erroneous local maxima in the acoustic field levels at other related positions. In relation to mid-air haptic feedback, these can interfere in interactions with the space by creating secondary effects and ghost phenomena that can be felt outside the interaction area. The level and nature of the secondary maxima in the acoustic field is determined by how the space is controlled. By arranging the transducer elements in different ways, unwanted effects on the acoustic field can be limited and controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp
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Patent number: 10818162Abstract: A system providing various improved calibration techniques for haptic feedback is described. An acoustic field is defined by one or more control points in a space within which the acoustic field may exist. Each control point is assigned an amplitude value equating to a desired amplitude of the acoustic field at the control point. Because complete control of space is not possible, controlling the acoustic field at given points yields erroneous local maxima in the acoustic field levels at other related positions. In relation to mid-air haptic feedback, these can interfere in interactions with the space by creating secondary effects and ghost phenomena that can be felt outside the interaction area. The level and nature of the secondary maxima in the acoustic field is determined by how the space is controlled. By arranging the transducer elements in different ways, unwanted effects on the acoustic field can be limited and controlled.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP LtdInventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp
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Publication number: 20190206202Abstract: A system providing various improved perceptions techniques for haptic feedback above interactive surfaces that require no contact with either tools, attachments or the surface itself is described. A range of receptors in a perceiving member which is part of the human body is identified to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback. A vibration frequency that is in the range of the receptors in the perceiving member is chosen and dynamically altered to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback throughout the receiving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Sriram Subramanian, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp, Sue Ann Seah
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Patent number: 9841819Abstract: A system providing various improved perceptions techniques for haptic feedback above interactive surfaces that require no contact with either tools, attachments or the surface itself is described. A range of receptors in a perceiving member which is part of the human body is identified to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback. A vibration frequency that is in the range of the receptors in the perceiving member is chosen and dynamically altered to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback throughout the receiving member.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: ULTRAHAPTICS IP LTDInventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Sriram Subramanian, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp, Sue Ann Seah, William Thierry Alain Frier
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Publication number: 20170018171Abstract: A system providing various improved calibration techniques for haptic feedback is described. An acoustic field is defined by one or more control points in a space within which the acoustic field may exist. Each control point is assigned an amplitude value equating to a desired amplitude of the acoustic field at the control point. Because complete control of space is not possible, controlling the acoustic field at given points yields erroneous local maxima in the acoustic field levels at other related positions. In relation to mid-air haptic feedback, these can interfere in interactions with the space by creating secondary effects and ghost phenomena that can be felt outside the interaction area. The level and nature of the secondary maxima in the acoustic field is determined by how the space is controlled. By arranging the transducer elements in different ways, unwanted effects on the acoustic field can be limited and controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp
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Publication number: 20160246374Abstract: A system providing various improved perceptions techniques for haptic feedback above interactive surfaces that require no contact with either tools, attachments or the surface itself is described. A range of receptors in a perceiving member which is part of the human body is identified to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback. A vibration frequency that is in the range of the receptors in the perceiving member is chosen and dynamically altered to create substantially uniformly perceivable feedback throughout the receiving member.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Thomas Andrew Carter, Benjamin John Oliver Long, Sriram Subramanian, Robert Charles Blenkinsopp, Sue Ann Seah, William Thierry Alain Frier