Another interesting patent; Revolution related?
Posted: 2005-07-10 01:18am
Interesting Patent
It's a lot to read through. What do you guys think? Could this have anything to do with the Revolution?
He's a post from another board:
Granted, this is just a random guy trying his best to understand it, not a hardware expert or good at understanding patents by any means.
With all the insights in the other thread about cube-mapping, I was wondering what you guys think of this?
It's a lot to read through. What do you guys think? Could this have anything to do with the Revolution?
He's a post from another board:
meesle110 wrote:in the description i found this.
'When the slave impacts a surface or other obstruction, or otherwise interacts with its environment, it is desirable that the operator sense this interaction. Thus, forces provided on the master end effector can help the operator guide and operate the slave more effectively. If the slave impacts a wall, a force corresponding to what the slave experiences can be output on the master end effector using motors or other actuators of the master device.
i lookie and i likie. ill finish reading and update this spot in a bit.
EDIT: .... i read halfway and got tired. this basically tells you about how haptic feedback is used and how the controller has ben improved with sensors all over and inside it to be an IMPROVED VERSION OF HAPTIC FEEDBACK.
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the revolutionary aspect of this controller could very well be being able to feel textures or when you bum into a wall and the like. sort of like an improved rumble feature.
editedit: if you read the last qquarter it also talks alot about the hardware used
note: this patent is dated 2000. so it might actually be about the rumble feature of the gamecube
editeditedit: also talks about a movable portion of the controller.
editediteditedit:
signal. wireless feature check!"receiving a haptic feedback signal from the processor, the haptic feedback signal being based on the control signal; "
this is where i gt interested
looks like it talking about a joystick and voice control12. A device, comprising:
a button depressible along a degree of freedom;
an actuator coupled to the button;
a sensor configured to detect a displacement of the button along the degree of freedom; and
a processor coupled to the actuator and configured to send a signal to the actuator based on the detected displacement, the actuator configured to generate the haptic feedback at least along the degree of freedom based on the signal.
13. The device of claim 12, wherein said actuator is a voice coil.
what is this damping and spring feature there talking about. this doesnt sound like a rumble featuer to me18. The device of claim 12, wherein the haptic feedback includes a spring force produced as a function of the displacement of the button.
19. The device of claim 12, wherein the haptic feedback includes a damping force produced as a function of a velocity of the button.
editeditediteditedite: i searched the creators names on google and christopher hasser came up with nothing. eric veghone(something like that) HAS been associated with sony and nintendo.
and louis b rosenburgs a major technology devoloper for nintendo and such.
(his biggest accomplishment was the virtual fishing game (anyone rememebr the tug on the fishing line in that game?? B) )
in other words this patents either for the rumbe feature or its part of the revolution
Granted, this is just a random guy trying his best to understand it, not a hardware expert or good at understanding patents by any means.
With all the insights in the other thread about cube-mapping, I was wondering what you guys think of this?