Document Type

Patent

Publication Date

11-22-2016

Patent Number

9501946

CPC

G09B 9/00 (20130101)

Abstract

Providing haptic feedback to a user over a packet-switched network includes sensing movement of a haptic device by a user, the haptic device being configured to control a first virtual object within a virtual environment, transmitting data associated with the movement of the haptic device from a client computer to a remote server via the packet-switched network, the server modeling movement of the first virtual object in the virtual environment and estimating an orientation and a position of the first virtual object within the virtual environment, the server determining a type of tactile feedback to be provided to the user, the server transmitting the type of tactile feedback data to the client computer via the packet-switched network, and providing tactile feedback to the user with the haptic device.

Application Number

14/571,377

Assignees

University of South Florida

Filing Date

2014-12-16

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