Patent ID: 9501147
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: A63F,G06F,G08B,H04B

Claim Text:
1. A method of producing a haptic effect, comprising: receiving a stretch input signal at a processor through a stretch sensor coupled to the processor and to a touch interactive surface, wherein the stretch sensor's input area on the touch interactive surface is less than a total area of the touch interactive surface, and wherein the stretch sensor is configured to sense stretching of the touch interactive surface; measuring at the processor at least one stretch parameter based on the stretch input signal, wherein the at least one stretch parameter is a distance, a speed, or a direction of the stretch; determining at the processor whether a haptic effect output response should occur in response to the at least one stretch parameter; sending a control signal from the processor to a haptic effect output device, which is coupled to the processor and is at least coextensive with the stretch sensor, in response to the determining of whether the haptic effect output response should occur; and activating the haptic effect output device coupled to the processor responsive to the control signal from the processor.