Patent ID: 6697086
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: A63F,G05G,G06F,H01H

Abstract:
A method for graphically allowing a user to adjust the feel of a simulated surface sensation, said method comprising:displaying a graphical surface that is representative of a force output at different displacements of a user manipulatable object of a force feedback interface device, wherein said force represents the feel of engaging said graphical surface; providing control points on said graphical surface that can be manipulated by said user to modify the feel of said simulated surface sensation; and causing said simulated surface sensation to be output by actuators of said force feedback interface device coupled to a host computer such that said actuators of said force feedback interface device modify an output force as a function of displacement of said user manipulatable object of said force feedback interface device in accordance with requirements of engaging said graphical surface.