Patents by Inventor Roberta Klatzky

Roberta Klatzky 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).

  • Customized haptic effects
    Patent number: 9588588
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for producing a haptic effect. In one implementation, such a system includes a system processor, a system memory, and a haptic engine stored in the system memory. The system processor is configured to execute the haptic engine to receive a media content, to map an event contained in the media content to a predetermined haptic effect, and to display an interface enabling a system user to produce a customized haptic effect based on the predetermined haptic effect. The system processor is further configured to generate an output data for causing one of the predetermined haptic effect and the customized haptic effect to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Disney Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Israr, Roberta Klatzky, Siyan Zhao, Jill Fain Lehman, Oliver Schneider
  • Customized Haptic Effects
    Publication number: 20160085303
    Abstract: There is provided a system and method for producing a haptic effect. In one implementation, such a system includes a system processor, a system memory, and a haptic engine stored in the system memory. The system processor is configured to execute the haptic engine to receive a media content, to map an event contained in the media content to a predetermined haptic effect, and to display an interface enabling a system user to produce a customized haptic effect based on the predetermined haptic effect. The system processor is further configured to generate an output data for causing one of the predetermined haptic effect and the customized haptic effect to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Ali Israr, Roberta Klatzky, Siyan Zhao, Jill Fain Lehman, Oliver Schneider
  • Fingertip visual haptic sensor controller
    Patent number: 9024874
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for capturing environmental image data and providing tactile feedback about the visual environment to a user. One or more image sensing devices are mounted on various appendages of a user and are used to sense the environment. The image data is sent to a computer vision system where it is processed in order to identify specific objects within the environment. When the computer vision system makes such an identification it may send a signal to a haptic stimulator mounted on a user's appendage or may be used to control an object in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: George DeWitt Stetten, Roberta Klatzky
  • FINGERTIP VISUAL HAPTIC SENSOR CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20080226134
    Abstract: Systems, methods and devices for capturing environmental image data and providing tactile feedback about the visual environment to a user. One or more image sensing devices are mounted on various appendages of a user and are used to sense the environment. The image data is sent to a computer vision system where it is processed in order to identify specific objects within the environment. When the computer vision system makes such an identification it may send a signal to a haptic stimulator mounted on a user's appendage or may be used to control an object in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: George DeWitt STETTEN, Roberta Klatzky