Patent ID: 9466187
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: G06F,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to manage a plurality of wearable haptic devices on a user, the managing comprising: receiving information to be conveyed using haptic effects; determining an intent of the information; determining for each of the plurality of wearable haptic devices, a location of the wearable haptic device on the user, a haptic capability for each of the locations on the user and a perceptual human threshold for each of the locations; and mapping the information as a haptic effect to one or more of the wearable haptic devices by selecting a subset of the plurality of wearable haptic devices to generate the haptic effects based at least on the determined locations on the user, the perceptual human threshold for each of the locations, and the haptic capabilities of each of the wearable haptic devices; wherein the plurality of wearable haptic devices are each discrete devices, each configured to be located on any of a plurality of different body parts, wherein a first wearable haptic device is located on a first body part of the user, and a second wearable haptic device is located on a second body part of the user that is different from the first body part; wherein the mapping comprises a determination to generate the haptic effects on either the first body part or the second body part; wherein the first wearable haptic device comprises a self-aware capability to determine its location on the user without communicating with the other wearable haptic devices, and wherein the first wearable haptic device performs the mapping.