Controller with tactile sensors and method of fabricating same

Details Controller with tactile sensors and method of fabricating same Controller with tactile sensors and method of fabricating same

1997-02-13

1999-05-18

Hofsass, Jeffery A.

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system

Display peripheral interface input device

Cursor mark position control device

345161, 345174, 7386205, 200 5A, 338 99, G09G5/08

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059054859

ABSTRACT:
A controller with a plurality of tactile sensors and a method of fabricating the controller is disclosed. The controller may be used for one, two or three parameter control in applications requiring manual user control of parameters such as temperature, volume, speed, direction and cursor position on a computer screen. The controller comprises two or more tactile sensors and a computing means. The centers of the tactile sensors are positioned at angles about a common center point. The computing means determines a magnitude and a direction of a resultant force from all the tactile sensors, using the force applied to each tactile sensor and the angle at which the center of each tactile sensor is oriented about a common center point. The configuration enables sensing applied force in two or more directions at angles from a common center point. Another parameter may be controlled based on the total force applied to all of the tactile sensors of the controller.

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