Patent ID: 9158379
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06F,G08B,G11B

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to transform haptic signals into collections of vibrotactile haptic effect patterns, the transforming comprising: receiving a haptic signal comprising at least one haptic effect pattern, wherein each haptic effect pattern comprises data that causes a haptic output device to produce a haptic effect; detecting a start time and an end time for each haptic effect pattern; shifting the start time for each haptic effect pattern back by a shift duration; assigning a vibrotactile haptic effect pattern to each haptic effect pattern, wherein each vibrotactile haptic effect pattern comprises data that causes a standard-definition haptic output device to produce a vibrotactile haptic effect for an active duration and to cease producing the vibrotactile haptic effect for a silent duration; and sending the one or more vibrotactile haptic effect patterns to the standard-definition haptic output device to generate one or more vibrotactile haptic effects.