Patent ID: 8188989
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: G05G,G06F,H01H

Abstract:
1. A method for providing detent forces for a force feedback control, the method comprising: outputting a first force for a first detent on a user manipulatable object moveable in a degree of freedom, the first force output when the user manipulatable object is moved within a range of the first detent, the first force output by a electronically-controlled actuator, wherein the first force is configured to assist movement of the user manipulatable object toward an origin position of the first detent and wherein the first force is configured to resist movement of the user manipulatable object away from the origin position of the first detent; and outputting a second force for a second detent on the user manipulatable object when the user manipulatable object is moved within a range of the second detent, the second force output by the actuator and the second detent having an origin position different from the origin position of the first detent, wherein the second force is configured to assist movement of the user manipulatable object toward an origin position of the second detent and wherein the second force is configured to resist movement of the user manipulatable object away from the origin position of the second detent, wherein a portion of the range of the first detent overlaps a portion of the range of the second detent.