Abstract: Methods are presented for authoring geometrical databases which incorporate touch or haptic feedback. In particular, a database of geometrical elements incorporates attributes necessary to support haptic interactions such as stiffness, hardness, friction, and so forth. Users may instantiate objects designed through CAD/CAM environments or attach haptic or touch attributes to subcomponents such as surfaces or solid sub-objects. The resulting haptic/visual databases or world-describing models can then be viewed and touched using a haptic browser or other appropriate user interface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 12, 2002
Publication date:
August 15, 2002
Applicant:
Cybernet Haptic Systems Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Immersion Corp.
Inventors:
Thomas M. Peurach, Todd Yocum, Douglas Haanpaa