Patents by Inventor Amaya Becvar Weddle

Amaya Becvar Weddle 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).

  • Publication number: 20150185849
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor configured to sense relative movement between a surface and a user's skin; a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect at the surface; and a processor configured to receive an input signal from the sensor indicating the sensed movement between the surface and the skin of the user, determine whether a notification is to be sent to the user, and output an output signal, based on the notification, to the haptic output device to generate the haptic effect if it is determined that the notification is to be sent to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Vincent LEVESQUE, David M. BIRNBAUM, Amaya Becvar WEDDLE, Robert LACROIX, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Danny A. GRANT, Neil OLIEN, Erin B. RAMSAY, Ali MODARRES
  • Patent number: 9063570
    Abstract: A feedback control system is provided. The feedback control system receives a user input. The feedback control system determines a context. The feedback control system displays a control in response to the user input and based on the context. The feedback control system adjusts a feedback parameter according to the control, where the control is configured to adjust feedback output to a user based on the adjusted feedback parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Amaya Becvar Weddle, David Birnbaum, Satvir Singh Bhatia
  • Publication number: 20150145657
    Abstract: A system includes a sensor configured to sense an input received from a user at a surface; a first haptic output device configured to generate a first haptic effect at the surface based on the input received from the user, the first haptic effect comprising a friction effect at the surface; a second haptic output device configured to generate a second haptic effect, the second haptic effect comprising vibrotactile feedback; and a processor configured to receive an input signal from the sensor and output a first drive signal to the first haptic output device to generate the first haptic effect and to output a second drive signal to the second haptic output device to generate the second haptic effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vincent Levesque, Ali Modarres, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Amaya Becvar Weddle, David M. Birnbaum, Danny A. Grant
  • Publication number: 20150145656
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to systems and methods of transferring/storing digital content, and/or providing haptic feedback via wearable devices directly or indirectly responsive to an event such as a communication, an event occurring in an electronic environment and/or physical environment, the transfer of digital content, and/or other events. Wearable devices may be worn at various locations on a body of the user. Each location may be associated with a wearable device. Different haptic feedback may be provided at different locations based on the event such that the events may be distinguished or otherwise identified based on the location at which haptic feedback is provided. The locations may be stored in a configuration of wearable devices that act as a mapping of the wearable devices. The locations and/or haptic feedback itself may be varied based on the context and/or properties such as size of digital content or status of the transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vincent LEVESQUE, Ali MODARRES, Amaya Becvar WEDDLE, David M. BIRNBAUM, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Henry DA COSTA
  • Publication number: 20150070144
    Abstract: A system is provided that automatically converts an input into one or more haptic effects in near real-time. The system senses the input in near real-time. The system automatically converts the sensed input into one or more haptic signals in near real-time. The system generates the one or more haptic effects based on the one or more haptic signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Amaya Becvar WEDDLE, Danny GRANT
  • Patent number: 8974230
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for coloring a substantially wicking substrate comprising applying to a substantially wicking substrate an ink comprising a first dye and a second dye to define a region of reference; applying a first solvent to the substantially wicking substrate to move the first dye and the second dye within the body of the substantially wicking substrate; moving the two dyes in a defined direction to carry the two dyes outside of the defined region to color an area of the wicking substrate to color at least a portion of the substantially wicking substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Inventors: James E. Becvar, Amaya Becvar Weddle
  • Publication number: 20140340209
    Abstract: A system is provided that produces haptic effects. The system receives an audio signal that includes a low-frequency effects audio signal. The system further extracts the low-frequency effects audio signal from the audio signal. The system further converts the low-frequency effects audio signal into a haptic signal by shifting frequencies of the low-frequency effects audio signal to frequencies within a target frequency range of a haptic output device. The system further sends the haptic signal to the haptic output device, where the haptic signal causes the haptic output device to output one or more haptic effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Robert LACROIX, Satvir Singh BHATIA, David BIRNBAUM, Christopher J. ULLRICH, Amaya Becvar WEDDLE, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ
  • Publication number: 20140217122
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for coloring a substantially wicking substrate comprising applying to a substantially wicking substrate an ink comprising a first dye and a second dye to define a region of reference; applying a first solvent to the substantially wicking substrate to move the first dye and the second dye within the body of the substantially wicking substrate; moving the two dyes in a defined direction to carry the two dyes outside of the defined region to color an area of the wicking substrate to color at least a portion of the substantially wicking substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: James E. Becvar, Amaya Becvar Weddle
  • Publication number: 20140002346
    Abstract: A feedback control system is provided. The feedback control system receives a user input. The feedback control system determines a context. The feedback control system displays a control in response to the user input and based on the context. The feedback control system adjusts a feedback parameter according to the control, where the control is configured to adjust feedback output to a user based on the adjusted feedback parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amaya Becvar WEDDLE, David BIRNBAUM, Satvir Singh BHATIA
  • Patent number: 8616885
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for coloring a substantially wicking substrate comprising applying to a substantially wicking substrate an ink comprising a first dye and a second dye to define a region of reference; applying a first solvent to the substantially wicking substrate to move the first dye and the second dye within the body of the substantially wicking substrate; moving the two dyes in a defined direction to carry the two dyes outside of the defined region to color an area of the wicking substrate to color at least a portion of the substantially wicking substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Inventors: James E. Becvar, Amaya Becvar Weddle
  • Publication number: 20120234722
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for coloring a substantially wicking substrate comprising applying to a substantially wicking substrate an ink comprising a first dye and a second dye to define a region of reference; applying a first solvent to the substantially wicking substrate to move the first dye and the second dye within the body of the substantially wicking substrate; moving the two dyes in a defined direction to carry the two dyes outside of the defined region to color an area of the wicking substrate to color at least a portion of the substantially wicking substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: James E. Becvar, Amaya Becvar Weddle
  • Publication number: 20120097758
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for coloring a substantially wicking substrate comprising applying to a substantially wicking substrate an ink comprising a first dye and a second dye applying a first solvent to the substantially wicking substrate to move the first dye and or the second dye in a defined direction coloring at least a portion of the substantially wicking substrate by allowing the first solvent to move through a portion of the first dye for a first distance from the point of origin of the ink and the second dye a second distance from the point of origin of the ink wherein the first distance is sufficiently different from the second distance to visualize a separation between the first dye and the second dye shaping a portion of the colored wicking substrate into a form and affixing the form onto a support for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: James E. Becvar, Amaya Becvar Weddle
  • Patent number: 8157872
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for coloring a substantially wicking substrate comprising applying to a substantially wicking substrate an ink comprising a first dye and a second dye to define a region of reference; applying a first solvent to the substantially wicking substrate to move the first dye and the second dye within the body of the substantially wicking substrate; moving the two dyes in a defined direction to carry the two dyes outside of the defined region to color an area of the wicking substrate; coloring at least a portion of the substantially wicking substrate by allowing the first solvent to move through a portion of the first dye for a first distance from the defined point of origin of the ink and the second dye a second distance from the defined point of origin of the ink wherein the first distance is sufficiently different from the second distance to recognize a separation between the first dye and the second dye thereby coloring the substantially wicking substrate outside of th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Inventors: James E. Becvar, Amaya Becvar Weddle
  • Publication number: 20100024970
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus is disclosed for coloring a substantially wicking substrate comprising applying to a substantially wicking substrate an ink comprising a first dye and a second dye to define a region of reference; applying a first solvent to the substantially wicking substrate to move the first dye and the second dye within the body of the substantially wicking substrate; moving the two dyes in a defined direction to carry the two dyes outside of the defined region to color an area of the wicking substrate; coloring at least a portion of the substantially wicking substrate by allowing the first solvent to move through a portion of the first dye for a first distance from the defined point of origin of the ink and the second dye a second distance from the defined point of origin of the ink wherein the first distance is sufficiently different from the second distance to recognize a separation between the first dye and the second dye thereby coloring the substantially wicking substrate outside of th
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: James E. Becvar, Amaya Becvar Weddle