Patents by Inventor Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez

Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez 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).

  • HIGH DEFINITION HAPTIC EFFECTS GENERATION USING PRIMITIVES
    Publication number: 20170045944
    Abstract: A haptically enabled system receives a haptic effect primitive comprising a plurality of input parameters and receives an input from a sensor. The system generates a haptic effect signal from the haptic effect primitive, the haptic effect signal comprising a plurality of output parameters where at least one of the output parameters is varied based on the sensor input. The system then applies the haptic effect signal to an actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Liwen WU, Christopher J. ULLRICH
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK TO NON-INPUT LOCATIONS
    Publication number: 20170024013
    Abstract: A handheld apparatus includes a top surface that includes a touch screen defining a plurality of keys, and a bottom surface on an opposite side of the first surface. The apparatus further includes a processor and an actuator coupled to the processor and located on the bottom surface. The processor is adapted to detect an object moving across the keys and in response generate an actuation signal to the actuator to generate a haptic feedback on the back surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Andrew GOSLINE, Danny GRANT, Christophe RAMSTEIN
  • Systems and Methods for Optical Transmission of Haptic Display Parameters
    Publication number: 20170017310
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optical transmission of haptic display parameters are disclosed. One disclosed method includes receiving an image signal from an image sensor, the image signal associated with an image, determining a haptic signal based at least in part on the image signal, generating a haptic effect signal based at least in part on the haptic signal, and transmitting the haptic effect signal to a haptic output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Amaya Weddle, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
  • Systems and methods for deformation-based haptic effects
    Patent number: 9535550
    Abstract: One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a deformation sensor configured to detect a deformation of a deformable surface and transmit a first sensor signal associated with the deformation. The system also includes a sensor configured to detect a user interaction with a user input device and transmit a second sensor signal associated with the user interaction. The system further includes a processor configured to: receive the first sensor signal; receive the second sensor signal; execute a function based at least in part on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. The processor is also configured to: determine a haptic effect based at least in part on the first sensor signal or the second sensor signal; and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect to a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Vincent Levesque, Danny Grant, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Ali Modarres, William Rihn
  • Systems and methods for providing haptic notifications
    Patent number: 9529435
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    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
  • Haptic feedback for interactions with foldable-bendable displays
    Patent number: 9524030
    Abstract: A flexible device includes a bendable-foldable display that has bendable flaps connected by a hinge. The display has sensors for detecting a folding characteristic between the at least two flaps and for detecting a bending characteristic in at least one flap. The display has a haptic system with haptic output devices, where the haptic system receives input from the sensors indicating deformation of the bendable-foldable display device. A flexible device also includes bendable, foldable, or rollable displays that have sensors and actuators to augment user interaction with the device. Based on one or more measurements provided by the input, the haptic system interprets the input to determine deformation characteristics of the bendable-foldable display device. The haptic system generates haptic feedback based on the deformation characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Ali Modarres, Vincent Levesque, Danny Grant, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
  • WEARABLE DEVICE MANAGER
    Publication number: 20160364962
    Abstract: A system for managing a plurality of wearable devices on a user receives information to be conveyed using haptic effects and determines an intent of the information. The system then determines, for each of the plurality of wearable haptic devices, a location of the wearable haptic device on the user and a haptic capability. The system then maps the information as a haptic effect to one or more of the wearable haptic devices based at least on the determined locations on the user and the haptic capabilities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Danny GRANT, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ
  • HAPTIC NOTIFICATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160364961
    Abstract: A system is provided that facilitates communication of haptic notification messages. The system receives a haptic notification message from a tool within a network, where the haptic notification message indicates that the tool has detected an event. The system further determines whether the haptic notification message is a haptic notification message that is required to be transmitted to at least one haptic notification device within the network. The system further transmits the haptic notification message to the at least one haptic notification device using the network in response to a determination that the haptic notification message is a haptic notification message that is required to be transmitted to at least one haptic notification device, where the at least one haptic notification device generates a haptic notification in response to receiving the haptic notification message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Abdelwahab HAMAM, Robert LACROIX
  • BROADCAST HAPTICS ARCHITECTURES
    Publication number: 20160366450
    Abstract: A system for transferring haptic data from a live event to an end user device. A recorder is configured to record video data of a live event. A sensor is configured to sense a parameter associated with the live event and output the sensed parameter as sensor data. A transformer is configured to receive the sensor data from the sensor and transform the sensor data into a signal including haptic data that is associated with the live event. An end user device is configured to receive the haptic data from the transformer and configured to receive the video data of the live event. The end user device includes a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect to a user based on the haptic data and includes a display configured to display the video data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Abdelwahab Hamam, Juan Manuel Cruz Hernandez, Jamal Saboune
  • Low-frequency effects haptic conversion system
    Patent number: 9519346
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Lacroix, Satvir Singh Bhatia, David Birnbaum, Christopher J. Ullrich, Amaya Becvar Weddle, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
  • AUTOMATIC FITTING OF HAPTIC EFFECTS
    Publication number: 20160358429
    Abstract: A system is provided that automatically generates one or more haptic effects from source data, such as audio source data. The system fits the one or more haptic effects to the source data by analyzing the source data and identifying one or more haptic effects that are the most similar to the source data. The system matches the identified one or more haptic effects with the source data. The system subsequently outputs the identified one or more haptic effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher J. ULLRICH, Danny GRANT, Victor Aaron VIEGAS, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ
  • High definition haptic effects generation using primitives
    Patent number: 9513706
    Abstract: A haptically enabled system receives a haptic effect primitive comprising a plurality of input parameters and receives an input from a sensor. The system generates a haptic effect signal from the haptic effect primitive, the haptic effect signal comprising a plurality of output parameters where at least one of the output parameters is varied based on the sensor input. The system then applies the haptic effect signal to an actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Liwen Wu, Christopher J. Ullrich
  • Synchronizing haptic effects to multimedia
    Patent number: 9507421
    Abstract: A signal associated with multiple haptic effects is received, each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects being associated with a time slot from multiple time slots. Each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects is associated with an effect slot from multiple effect slots at least partially based on the time slot associated with that haptic effect. An output signal is sent for each effect slot from the multiple effect slots, when the associated haptic effect is scheduled for its time slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Henrique D. Da Costa, Danny A. Grant, Robert A. Lacroix
  • Haptic warping system that transforms a haptic signal into a collection of vibrotactile haptic effect patterns
    Patent number: 9508236
    Abstract: A system that transforms a haptic signal receives the haptic signal, where the haptic signal includes a plurality of haptic effect patterns. The system detects one or more of the haptic effect patterns as a texture haptic effect pattern, where the detecting includes identifying a first haptic effect pattern having a texture duration value that is less than or equal to a pre-defined texture threshold value, and having a separation from a subsequent haptic effect pattern that is less than or equal to the pre-defined texture threshold value. The system then substitutes each detected texture haptic effect pattern within the haptic signal with one or more substitute texture haptic effect patterns to form a transformed haptic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Jamal Saboune
  • Programmable game-based haptic enabled gun controller
    Patent number: 9504914
    Abstract: Various systems, game controllers, and methods for simulating various objects such as weapons are provided. For example, a game controller may include a trigger, a processor within the body that receives a trigger signal when the trigger is activated by the user. The processor may communicate with a computer running a software program such as a gaming application, and an actuator coupled to the trigger, the actuator configured to output a haptic effect to the trigger in response to receiving a control signal from the processor. The game controller may simulate a gun and generate a recoil effect. In some embodiments, the recoil effect may be generated by impacting a moving mass from a discharge end of the gun to a handle end of the gun. In some embodiments, the recoil effect may be generated by using a body part of a user as a tether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Danny A. Grant, Erin Ramsay, Ali Modarres, David M. Birnbaum, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Robert W. Heubel, Hendrik Bartel
  • HAPTIC EFFECTS BASED ON PREDICTED CONTACT
    Publication number: 20160342208
    Abstract: A haptically enabled device has a user interface and generates haptic effects. The device receives an indication of a future contact by a user with the user interface based on an existing contact by the user on the device and, based on the indication, predicts a time and a location of the contact. Based on the prediction, the system determines a responsive haptic effect, and generates the responsive haptic effect using a haptic output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Vincent LEVESQUE, Juan Manuel CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Abdelwahab HAMAM, Vahid KHOSHKAVA
  • System for haptically representing sensor input
    Patent number: 9501149
    Abstract: A haptic representation system is provided that generates a haptic effect in response to sensor input. The sensor input is mapped to a haptic signal. The haptic signal is sent to an actuator configured to receive the haptic signal. The actuator utilizes the haptic signal to generate the haptic effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: David Birnbaum, Christopher J. Ullrich, Danny Grant, Ali Modarres, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
  • Haptic device with linear resonant actuator
    Patent number: 9489047
    Abstract: A haptic output device including an actuator configured to generate a haptic effect, and a processor configured to communicate a driving signal to the actuator and to communicate a braking signal to the actuator before or at the same time the driving signal is terminated to generate the haptic effect. The braking signal has a frequency substantially the same as a resonant frequency of the actuator and at a reverse phase of the driving signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Li Jiang, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez
  • Method and apparatus for providing haptic feedback to non-input locations
    Patent number: 9489046
    Abstract: A handheld apparatus includes a top surface that includes a touch screen defining a plurality of keys, and a bottom surface on an opposite side of the first surface. The apparatus further includes a processor and an actuator coupled to the processor and located on the bottom surface. The processor is adapted to detect an object moving across the keys and in response generate an actuation signal to the actuator to generate a haptic feedback on the back surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez, Andrew Gosline, Danny Grant, Christophe Ramstein
  • Systems and methods for optical transmission of haptic display parameters
    Patent number: 9489048
    Abstract: Systems and methods for optical transmission of haptic display parameters are disclosed. One disclosed method includes receiving an image signal from an image sensor, the image signal associated with an image, determining a haptic signal based at least in part on the image signal, generating a haptic effect signal based at least in part on the haptic signal, and transmitting the haptic effect signal to a haptic output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: IMMERSION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Amaya Weddle, Juan Manuel Cruz-Hernandez