Patents by Inventor Gibson Fahnestock

Gibson Fahnestock 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).

  • Simulating obstruction in a virtual environment
    Patent number: 10831275
    Abstract: A hand-wearable haptic interface device for simulating interaction with a virtual object in a Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR) environment is provided. The hand-wearable haptic interface device can provide improved simulation of an obstruction caused by a virtual object in a virtual or augmented reality environment. The device comprises a joint-movement restrictor adapted to be positioned adjacent a finger joint when the device is worn on a hand of a user. The movement restrictor is adapted to provide different magnitudes of flexion resistance force for resisting flexion of the finger joint based on a flexion resistance control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. F. Appleyard, Gibson Fahnestock, Perry A. Harwood, Alexandra E. Wishart
  • SIMULATING OBSTRUCTION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20180314334
    Abstract: A hand-wearable haptic interface device for simulating interaction with a virtual object in a Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR) environment is provided. The hand-wearable haptic interface device can provide improved simulation of an obstruction caused by a virtual object in a virtual or augmented reality environment. The device comprises a joint-movement restrictor adapted to be positioned adjacent a finger joint when the device is worn on a hand of a user. The movement restrictor is adapted to provide different magnitudes of flexion resistance force for resisting flexion of the finger joint based on a flexion resistance control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas D.F. Appleyard, Gibson Fahnestock, Perry A. Harwood, Alexandra E. Wishart
  • Simulating obstruction in a virtual environment
    Patent number: 10055022
    Abstract: A hand-wearable haptic interface device for simulating interaction with a virtual object in a Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR) environment is provided. The hand-wearable haptic interface device can provide improved simulation of an obstruction caused by a virtual object in a virtual or augmented reality environment. The device comprises a joint-movement restrictor adapted to be positioned adjacent a finger joint when the device is worn on a hand of a user. The movement restrictor is adapted to provide different magnitudes of flexion resistance force for resisting flexion of the finger joint based on a flexion resistance control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. F. Appleyard, Gibson Fahnestock, Perry A. Harwood, Alexandra E. Wishart
  • SIMULATING OBSTRUCTION IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20180196515
    Abstract: A hand-wearable haptic interface device for simulating interaction with a virtual object in a Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR) environment is provided. The hand-wearable haptic interface device can provide improved simulation of an obstruction caused by a virtual object in a virtual or augmented reality environment. The device comprises a joint-movement restrictor adapted to be positioned adjacent a finger joint when the device is worn on a hand of a user. The movement restrictor is adapted to provide different magnitudes of flexion resistance force for resisting flexion of the finger joint based on a flexion resistance control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas D.F. Appleyard, Gibson Fahnestock, Perry A. Harwood, Alexandra E. Wishart