Patents by Inventor Matthew Mather

Matthew Mather 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).

  • Controlling haptic feedback for enhancing navigation in a graphical environment
    Patent number: 6750877
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling haptic feedback to enhance navigation of a cursor or other controlled displayed object in a graphical environment. An interface device is capable of communicating with a computer running an application program and generating a graphical environment includes an actuator for outputting a haptic effect to a user of the interface device. A modulator modulates the magnitude of the haptic effect in relation to, in various embodiments, a velocity of the cursor or user manipulatable object; a rate of interaction of the cursor with graphical objects; or an amount of time that the cursor engages the graphical object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: Immersion Corporation
    Inventors: Louis B. Rosenberg, Matthew Mather, Danny Grant, Christophe Ramstein
  • Controlling haptic feedback for enhancing navigation in a graphical environment
    Publication number: 20020109668
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for controlling haptic feedback to enhance navigation of a cursor or other controlled displayed object in a graphical environment. An interface device is capable of communicating with a computer running an application program and generating a graphical environment includes an actuator for outputting a haptic effect to a user of the interface device. A modulator modulates the magnitude of the haptic effect in relation to, in various embodiments, a velocity of the cursor or user manipulatable object; a rate of interaction of the cursor with graphical objects; or an amount of time that the cursor engages the graphical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Louis B. Rosenberg, Matthew Mather, Danny Grant, Christophe Ramstein