Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20110286156 | Generating Perceptible Touch Stimulus - Apparatus including: a face including a first surface electrode and a second insulated surface electrode; and a controller configured to apply a time varying potential difference between the first surface electrode and the second insulated surface electrode and configured to control at least the time variation in the potential difference. | 11-24-2011 |
20120038559 | Generating Perceptible Touch Stimulus - Apparatus including a first surface electrode and an arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes; a display configured to display an image; and a controller configured to apply a potential difference between the first surface electrode and the arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes and configured to control at least a variation in the applied potential difference in dependence upon the displayed image. | 02-16-2012 |
20120237043 | Surface Texture Recording With Microphone - An apparatus including a microphone; and a profilometer system including the microphone. The profilometer system is configured to use vibrations received at the microphone to create a Surface Texture File (STF). | 09-20-2012 |
20130104323 | User Interfaces and Associated Apparatus and Methods | 05-02-2013 |
20130106758 | Apparatus and Associated Methods | 05-02-2013 |
20130106765 | Apparatus and Associated Methods | 05-02-2013 |
20130106774 | Apparatus and Associated Methods | 05-02-2013 |
20130215065 | Apparatus Comprising An Optically Transparent Sheet And Related Methods - An apparatus includes an optically transparent sheet having an electrically conductive layer, an electrode element, and electro-vibration circuitry configured to provide a time-varying voltage signal across the electrically conductive layer and the electrode element so as to cause a user to experience electro-vibration in a first body part of the user when the first body part is moved across an exterior surface of the optically transparent sheet while a second body part of the user is in contact with the electrode element. | 08-22-2013 |
20140023852 | Apparatus and Associated Method - An apparatus including a durable porous substrate; and a perfluorinated liquid located within pores of the durable porous substrate. The durable porous substrate and the perfluorinated liquid together are configured to provide an omniphobic surface. | 01-23-2014 |
20140049505 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including a plurality of adjacent repeated base units, each base unit formed from an active electrode of first, second and third touch sensor arrays, the first, second and third touch sensor arrays each including a plurality of active electrodes connected to a respective common terminal of the touch sensor array, wherein each base unit includes an active electrode of the second touch sensor array interlaced between an active electrode of the first touch sensor array and an active electrode of the third touch sensor array such that a swipe touch gesture applied to two or more adjacent active electrodes of the apparatus generates signalling at the respective common terminals of the corresponding touch sensor arrays which allows the direction of the swipe touch gesture to be determined. | 02-20-2014 |
20140092055 | Apparatus and associated methods - An apparatus including a shaft configured to be gripped by a user to provide input to a touch input panel; and a tip located at an interacting end of the apparatus for interacting with the touch input panel, the tip including an electrically conductive element and an electrically insulating material, the electrically insulating material configured to capacitively decouple the electrically conductive element from the shaft and/or user, wherein the electrically conductive element is configured to couple capacitively to an electrotactile electrode of the touch input panel when the electrically conductive element is in proximity to the electrotactile electrode, capacitive coupling between the electrically conductive element and the electrotactile electrode creates vibrations in the tip to cause a variation in the frictional force between the tip and the touch input panel as perceived by a user gripping the shaft during relative lateral movement of the tip and touch input panel. | 04-03-2014 |
20140313021 | Haptic Device for Pedestrian Navigation - An apparatus comprises a first magnetic plate; a second magnetic plate oriented parallel no the first magnetic plate, magnetically coupled to the first magnetic plate, and slidable relative to the first magnetic plate; a dielectric material positioned between the first magnetic plate and the second magnetic plate; and a contact in communication with the first magnetic plate and the second magnetic plate through which a voltage is applied, the voltage generating a signal that is responsive to a task performed on a mobile device, the signal providing a haptic effect to the first magnetic plate and the second magnetic plate upon sliding of the first magnetic plate relative to the second magnetic plate. | 10-23-2014 |
20140355117 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - A display protector for use with a heat source, the display protector including one or more transparent fluid incident regions and one or more fluid driver regions, wherein the display protector is configured to guide a fluid incident upon one or more of the transparent fluid incident regions away to one or more of the fluid driver regions to facilitate driving of the fluid from the one or more fluid driver regions by heat supplied by the heat source. | 12-04-2014 |