Tracking in haptic systems

M Iodice, BJO Long, R Jibry - US Patent 11,360,546, 2022 - Google Patents
Described herein are techniques for tracking objects (including human body parts such as a
hand), namely: 1) two-state transducer interpolation in acoustic phased-arrays; 2) …

Calibration and detection techniques in haptic systems

BJO Long, M Iodice, TA Carter - US Patent 11,189,140, 2021 - Google Patents
Described is a system for producing an acoustic field from a plurality of ultrasonic transducer
arrays, each of which has known relative positions and orientations. The acoustic field …

Ultrasonic-assisted liquid manipulation

B Kappus, BJO Long - US Patent 11,098,951, 2021 - Google Patents
A phased array of ultrasonic transducers may create arbitrary fields that can be utilized to
manipulate fluids. This includes the translation of drops on smooth surfaces as well …

Method and apparatus for providing tactile sensations

S Subramanian, TA Carter, BJO Long - US Patent 10,921,890, 2021 - Google Patents
The present disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for the creation of an acoustic
field for providing tactile sensa tions. More particularly, but not exclusively, this disclosure …

Haptic effects from focused acoustic fields

B Kappus, W Wren - US Patent 11,531,395, 2022 - Google Patents
To resolve an issue related to the calibration of optical cameras in transducer-based mid-air
haptic systems, the magnification of the motion induced on an optical camera by an acoustic …

Method and apparatus for modulating haptic feedback

BJO Long, TA Carter, S Subramanian - US Patent 11,204,644, 2021 - Google Patents
The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for the modulation of an acoustic
field for providing tactile sensations. A method of creating haptic feedback using ultrasound …

Method and apparatus for producing an acoustic field

TA Carter, BJO Long, S Subramanian - US Patent 11,543,507, 2023 - Google Patents
The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for the modulation of an acoustic
field for providing tactile sensations. A method of creating haptic feedback using ultrasound …

Tracking in haptic systems

M Iodice, BJO Long, B Kappus, TA Carter… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
Described herein are techniques for tracking objects (including human body parts such as a
hand), namely: 1) two-state transducer interpolation in acoustic phased-arrays; 2) …

Introduction to ultrasonic mid-air haptic effects

T Hoshi - Ultrasound Mid-Air Haptics for Touchless Interfaces, 2022 - Springer
In this chapter, we discuss the basic physical principles of ultrasonic mid-air haptics. Our aim
is to provide a holistic introduction to the technology, facilitate a better understanding of …

Using iterative 3D-model fitting for domain adaptation of a hand-pose-estimation neural network

SJL Lyons - US Patent 11,842,517, 2023 - Google Patents
Described is a solution for an unlabeled target domain dataset challenge using a domain
adaptation technique to train a neural network using an iterative 3D model fitting algorithm to …