Method for providing human input to a computer
DCFirst Claim
1. A touch interface comprising:
- a touch surface defining a touch input plane, the touch surface being adapted to detect a touch input and adapted to determine a characteristic of the touch input; and
a transducer adapted to vibrate the touch surface in a direction generally perpendicular to the touch input plane in response to the touch input, wherein the transducer is operable to vibrate the touch surface with a tactile force feedback signal having a frequency selected as a function of the characteristic of the touch input.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer. The method includes the steps of placing a first target on a first portion of the user'"'"'s body, using an electro-optical sensing means, sensing data related to the location of the first target and data related to the location of a second portion of the user'"'"'s body, the first and second portions of the user'"'"'s body being movable relative to each other, providing an output of the electro-optical sensing means to the input of the computer, determining the location of the first target and the location of the second portion of the user'"'"'s body, and varying the output of the computer to the display based upon the determined locations for contemporaneous viewing by the user.
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1. A touch interface comprising:
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a touch surface defining a touch input plane, the touch surface being adapted to detect a touch input and adapted to determine a characteristic of the touch input; and a transducer adapted to vibrate the touch surface in a direction generally perpendicular to the touch input plane in response to the touch input, wherein the transducer is operable to vibrate the touch surface with a tactile force feedback signal having a frequency selected as a function of the characteristic of the touch input.
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2. A touch interface comprising:
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a touch surface defining a touch input plane, the touch surface being adapted to detect a touch input and adapted to determine a characteristic of the touch input; and a transducer adapted to vibrate the touch surface in a direction generally perpendicular to the touch input plane in response to the touch input, wherein the transducer is operable to vibrate the touch surface with a tactile force feedback signal having an intensity selected as a function of the characteristic of the touch input.
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3. A touch interface comprising:
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a touch surface defining a touch input plane, the touch surface being adapted to detect a touch input and adapted to determine a characteristic of the touch input; and a transducer adapted to vibrate the touch surface in a direction generally perpendicular to the touch input plane in response to the touch input, wherein the transducer is operable to vibrate the touch surface with a tactile force feedback signal having a pulse sequence selected as a function of the characteristic of the touch input.
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4. A computer implemented method for providing tactile feedback in response to input received from a user, the method comprising:
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providing a touch surface defining a touch input plane; detecting a first touch input on the touch surface; determining a characteristic of the first touch input; and vibrating the touch surface in a directional generally perpendicular to the touch input plane in response to the first touch input with a tactile force feedback signal having a frequency selected as a function of the characteristic of the touch input.
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5. A computer implemented method for providing tactile feedback in response to input received from a user, the method comprising:
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providing a touch surface defining a touch input plane; detecting a first touch input on the touch surface; determining a characteristic of the first touch input; and vibrating the touch surface in a directional generally perpendicular to the touch input plane in response to the first touch input with a tactile force feedback signal having an intensity selected as a function of the characteristic of the touch input.
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6. A computer implemented method for providing tactile feedback in response to input received from a user, the method comprising:
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providing a touch surface defining a touch input plane; detecting a first touch input on the touch surface; determining a characteristic of the first touch input; and vibrating the touch surface in a directional generally perpendicular to the touch input plane in response to the first touch input with a tactile force feedback signal having a pulse sequence selected as a function of the characteristic of the touch input.
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7. A touch interface comprising:
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a display screen including a touch surface defining a first plane to receive a touch input; a touch sensor operable to detect a touch input on the touch surface and operable to determine a characteristic of the touch input; and an actuator operable to vibrate the touch surface in a direction perpendicular to the first plane in response to the touch input, wherein the actuator is operable to vibrate the touch surface with a tactile force feedback signal having at least one of a frequency, an intensity, and a pulse sequence based, at least in part, on the characteristic of the touch input. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer implemented method for providing force feedback in response to input received from a user, the method comprising:
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providing a display screen including a touch surface to receive a touch input; detecting a first touch input on the touch surface; determining the location of the first touch input on the touch surface; and vibrating the touch surface in a direction generally perpendicular to the touch surface in response to the determining step to provide a tactile first force feedback signal to a user. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer implemented method for providing force feedback in response to input received from a user, the method comprising:
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providing a display screen including a touch surface; detecting a first touch input on the touch surface; determining the location of the first touch input on the touch surface; vibrating the touch surface in a direction generally perpendicular to the touch surface in response to the determining step to provide a first force feedback signal to a user; detecting a second touch input on the touch surface; determining the location of the second touch input different from the location of the first touch input; and vibrating the display screen in a direction perpendicular to the touch surface to provide a second force feedback signal different from the first force feedback signal. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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