Haptic device with indirect haptic feedback

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10048823
APP PUB NO 20180011571A1
SERIAL NO

15655602

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A method of imitating a texture on a touch surface, the method including the steps of sensing a position of a user's finger on the touch surface, modulating a coefficient of friction of the touch surface in response to the sensed position of a user's appendage relative to the touch surface and/or a derivative thereof, where the friction modulator does not alter the contour of the touch surface in a manner that is perceptible to a user's sight or touch.

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  • NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

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Alexander, Laura Winfield Sunbury, US 18 216
Colgate, James Edward Evanston, US 20 889
Glassmire, John Seattle, US 10 624
Peshkin, Michael A Evanston, US 51 1959

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