Patent ID: 9519348
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A haptic device comprising: a housing; an actuation mechanical structure having: a ball partially disposed within the housing and rotatable thereto with a portion extending beyond the housing; a first motor and an associated first drive train in communication with the ball for rotating the ball about a x-axis, a first motor first drive gear, a first motor second drive gear perpendicular to the first motor first drive gear, and a first motor drive wheel for engaging the ball; a second motor and an associated second drive train in communication with the ball for rotating the ball about a y-axis that is perpendicular to the x-axis, a second motor first drive gear, a second motor second drive gear perpendicular to the second motor first drive gear, and a second motor drive wheel for engaging the ball; a gyroscope; a microcontroller in communication with a memory module, a communication module, the first motor and the second motor, and a power module; wherein at least one of direction of rotation and torque of the ball are selected based upon a factor selected from the group consisting of a selected color corresponding to a display on the graphical user interface and a determined position of the haptic device relative to an object displayed on the graphical user interface.