CN101523329A - Multiple mode haptic feedback system - Google Patents

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CN101523329A
CN101523329A CNA200780037012XA CN200780037012A CN101523329A CN 101523329 A CN101523329 A CN 101523329A CN A200780037012X A CNA200780037012X A CN A200780037012XA CN 200780037012 A CN200780037012 A CN 200780037012A CN 101523329 A CN101523329 A CN 101523329A
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A haptic effect device includes a housing and a touchscreen coupled to the housing through a suspension. An actuator is coupled to the touchscreen. The suspension is tuned so that when the actuator generates first vibrations at a first frequency, the first vibrations are substantially isolated from the housing and are applied on the touchscreen to simulate a mechanical button. Further, when the actuator generates second vibrations at a second frequency, the second vibrations are substantially passed through to the housing to create a vibratory alert.

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Multiple mode haptic feedback system
Technical field
A kind of embodiment relates to haptic feedback system.More specifically, a kind of embodiment relates to multiple mode haptic feedback system (multiple mode haptic feedback system).
Background technology
Electronic equipment set manufacturers make great efforts to make abundant interface for the client.Traditional equipment uses vision and auditory cues to provide feedback as the user.In some interfacing equipments (interface device) lining, motion feedback (for example active force and resistance feedback) and/or tactile feedback (for example vibration, quality and heat) also offer the user, and more generally common cognition is " tactile feedback ".Tactile feedback can provide prompting to strengthen and simplified user interface.Particularly, the haptic effect of vibrating effect or vibrating tactile is useful providing under the situation of user with alarm user particular event that is prompted to electronic equipment, or provides real feedback to immerse (sensory immersion) to cause the bigger sense organ in simulation or virtual environment.
Tactile feedback is also merged to portable electric appts day by day, for example mobile phone, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant), portable game device and many other portable electric appts.For example use can be to vibrate with the similar mode of the common opertaing device that uses of big game system that is configured to provide tactile feedback (such as, operating rod etc.) for some portable games.In addition, for example the equipment of mobile phone and PDA can provide various alarms to the user by the mode of vibration.For example, mobile phone can come the alarm user of incoming call by vibration.Similarly, PDA can alarm user's calendar item of being planned, or provide the list-item of " will do (to do) " or the prompting of calendar appointment to the user.
For portable set, cost is important driving factors.Therefore,, use single actuator cheaply usually, for example eccentric rotary inertia (" ERM ") motor or electromagnetic machine in order to produce haptic effect.Typically, standard portable electronic devices, for example the vibration of PDA and mobile phone output is the simple vibration that is applied to the housing of portable set, as usually or open or close with the binary Vib. (binary vibrator) that gives the alarm and move.That is to say that the vibration ability of these equipment is normally constrained to full power vibration (full power vibration) (" complete opening " state) or resting state (" closing fully ").Therefore, in general, the variation of the magnitude of the vibration that this equipment can provide is very little.
Little by little, portable set is being abandoned using physical button and is being adopted the interface that has only touch-screen.This transformation allows to strengthen dirigibility, the minimizing number of spare parts also reduces the dependence to the mechanical button that breaks down easily, and meets the trend that occurs in the product design.When using touch-screen input device, available sense of touch is simulated the machinery of relevant button down or other user interface action and is confirmed (mechanical confirmation).For effectively and make user's happiness, be used for the sense of touch of analog buttons should typically mainly be applied to touch-screen rather than housing.Yet the single actuator that typically together provides with portable set can not produce haptic effect usually and produce alarm on the housing, and also produces other haptic effect, with such as simulate touchscreen button on touch-screen.Therefore need one or more additional actuator to produce needed a plurality of haptic effect.Unfortunately, increased the cost of portable set like this.
Based on aforesaid, need a kind of system and method that uses single actuator to produce a plurality of haptic effects.
Summary of the invention
A kind of embodiment is a haptic effect device, the touch-screen that it comprises housing and is coupled to housing by suspension (suspension).Actuator is coupled to touch-screen.It is that first vibration is isolated with housing in fact and is used on the touch-screen to simulate mechanical button when producing first vibration with convenient actuator with first frequency that suspension is adjusted (tune).Further, when actuator produced second vibration with second frequency, second vibration was passed to housing in fact to produce vibration alarm.
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Fig. 1 is the cut-open view according to a kind of mobile phone of embodiment.
Fig. 2 is the curve map of acceleration magnitude and driving signal frequency, is illustrated in the frequency response according to phone behind a kind of embodiment adjustment suspension.
Fig. 3 be a kind of embodiment for the acceleration magnitude of click vibration frequency and the curve map of time.
Fig. 4 be the embodiment identical with Fig. 3 for the acceleration magnitude of alarm vibration frequency and the curve map of time.
Embodiment
A kind of embodiment is to comprise the equipment that is coupled to the touch-screen of apparatus casing with suspension.Single actuator produces the haptic effect vibration, and this haptic effect vibration only is applied to touch-screen in fact in a kind of pattern, and is applied to housing in another kind of pattern.
One type the haptic effect that typically provides on the handheld portable touch panel device is " alarm " vibration that is applied to apparatus casing.Alarm vibration is when being effective when the 100Hz-200Hz frequency range is vibrated.Alarm is a kind of method of vibration, is used for notifying the user now, in the future or bygone spare.Such alarm can be to signal to inform the tinkle of bells of incoming call, and the tinkle of bells has been transformed the vibration that is equivalent to be operated on the handheld device here.The phone that alarm can be used for notifying the user not to be connect because of ring (ringing), busy and Call Waiting.Other example of alarm comprises operation indicating, come guides user to pass through an operation, for example transmission (Send)/good (OK) of different sensations are arranged and be used for the information navigation of downward roll screen, and feel the difference between the read message and people of unread information for each menu.Further, for the mobile phone that has GPS to follow the tracks of, determine using (proximity sensing application) near sensing and can produce alarm at a distance of the distance of specified geographic location.
The haptic effect of another type that typically provides on the handheld portable touch panel device is " click " vibrating effect depressed that is applied on the touch-screen with analog buttons.The tolerance of traditional mechanical button shows: happy and satisfied button is felt with about〉weak point of 200Hz scope and clear-cut vibration is a feature.For the most effective, haptic vibration effect should mainly be applied on touch-screen rather than the housing.
Fig. 1 is the cut-open view according to a kind of mobile phone 10 of embodiment.Phone 10 comprises touch-screen 14, and touch-screen 14 shows can be by the user by touching or other of touch-screen 14 being contacted telephone key and other function keys of selecting.Phone 10 further comprises the internal part that surrounds phone 10 and the housing or the main body 12 of supports touchscreen 14.When the user used phone 10, the user typically held phone 10 by housing 12 in a hand, and contacted touch-screen 14 with the another hand.Other embodiment is not mobile phone and does not have touch-screen, but the haptic apparatus of the input interface of other type is arranged.Except other input interface of touch-screen may be surface of mini-joysticks, roller, directionkeys, keyboard, touch-sensitive etc.The same with mobile phone, for these equipment, expect to have the vibration of click-like feel that is connected to input interface and the alarm that on entire equipment, produces.
Touch-screen 14 is by around the suspension 18 of touch-screen 14 suspended/floated or be installed to housing 12 flexibly.In one embodiment, suspension 18 is by for example
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The viscoelastic frame sealing gasket (viscoelastic bezel sea1gasket) made of foamed material constitute.In other embodiments, the material of any other type can be used to suspension 18, as long as it can carry out " adjustment " by following disclosed mode.
The actuator 16 of linear resonance actuator (" LRA ") or other type (such as, marmem, electroactive polymer, piezoelectricity etc.) be coupled to touch-screen 14 rigidly.LRA comprises the magnetic property gauge block (magnetic mass) that is attached to spring.The magnetic property gauge block is by the electric coil energy supply and supporting spring and driven to produce vibration by front and back on the direction vertical with touch-screen 14.In one embodiment, actuator 16 has the resonance frequency of about 150Hz-190Hz.Resonance frequency is the frequency range of acceleration responsive when its peak value.Give actuator 16 to cause the haptic effect of expectation in order to produce signal and power, controller/processor, memory devices and other necessary parts (not shown) are coupled to actuator 16.Actuator 16 can produce different haptic effects with frequency, amplitude and the known way regularly of the drive signal by changing to actuator 16.Vibration can be vertical with touch-screen 14 or other direction (such as, planar).In one embodiment, be favourable along the vibration of screen surface (X or Y vibration) because their produce the tactile data of equivalence, and since screen also on whole touch screen, distribute more equably in the intrinsic hardness of these directions.
In one embodiment, suspension 18 be adjusted to the housing 12 that makes equipment 10 be applied on the touch-screen 14 with click frequency (〉 200Hz) vibration isolate and depress with analog buttons, but the alert frequency of the resonance frequency that approximates actuator 16 (~150Hz) following vibration is delivered to housing 12 effectively, to produce the alarm haptic effect.Adjusting suspension 18 can for example pass through, and the selection that changes material waits and realizes with the total area of section of the attribute, the change that obtain expecting, change thickness.
Fig. 2 is the curve map of acceleration magnitude and driving signal frequency, is illustrated in the frequency response of adjusting suspension 18 back phones 10 according to a kind of embodiment.Curve 20 is the frequency responses of measuring on housing 12, and indication is at alert frequency (~150Hz) resonance frequency (f 1).Curve 30 is the frequency responses of measuring on touch-screen 14, and indication click frequency (〉 200Hz or~500Hz) resonance frequency (f 2).
In operation, depress at button under the situation of affirmation (key-press confirmation), the haptic effect energy of vibration is generated as the click vibrations that only is delivered to touch-screen 14 alternatively, isolates with housing 12 by suspension 18 in fact simultaneously, and this can be by producing this effect in click frequency.Similarly, the haptic effect energy of vibration is generated as the alarm vibration alternatively, and vibration transfer does not decay in fact to housing 12, and this can be by producing this effect in alert frequency.
Fig. 3 be a kind of embodiment for click frequency (〉 200Hz) acceleration magnitude and the curve map of time.In the embodiment of Fig. 3, use one on every limit two
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Hang touch-screen 14, and LRA has~resonance frequency of 155Hz.Accelerometer readings on the scale indication touch-screen 14 on the trace 32 use curve map left sides.Accelerometer readings on the housing 12 at the back side of the scale indication phone 10 on the trace 34 use curve map right sides.
As showing that (supporting hand) compares by the impression of housing with supported hand, vibration mainly is pressed to point and experiences (acceleration ratio of 5:1 (accelerationratio)) by touch-screen.In addition, click vibrations starts back~3ms in drive signal and reaches peak value rapidly, and in the beginning back~5ms decline of slowing down.This feels it is desirable for producing clear-cut mechanical button.
Fig. 4 be Fig. 3 identical embodiment for alarm vibration frequency (~acceleration magnitude 150Hz) and the curve map of time.Accelerometer readings on the scale indication touch-screen 14 on the trace 42 use curve map left sides.Accelerometer readings on the housing 12 at the back side of the scale indication phone 10 on the trace 44 use curve map right sides.Though touch-screen is isolated by suspension 18, the alarm vibration transfer is subjected to and almost not decay to housing 12 and supported feel.This is desirable for producing effective alarm.
Specifically illustrate and/or described several embodiments here.Yet, will understand, change of the present invention and change is covered by above professor's content, and in the scope of the claim of enclosing, and does not deviate from the scope of spirit of the present invention and intention.
For example, more than discloseder embodiments be embodied as the mobile phone that has touch-screen, it is can be caught, clamp by the user or the object of physics contact and operation otherwise.Similarly, can be similarly by user operation and need to use the present invention on input (haptics enabled input) that other sense of touch of the pattern of two kinds of haptic effects enables and/or the output device.Such miscellaneous equipment can comprise other touch panel device (such as, GPS on the vehicle (" GPS ") navigation screen, ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) (" ATM ") display screen), control electronic device long-range (such as, audio/video, garage door, household safe etc.) and game console (such as, operating rod, mouse, gamepad nonshared control unit (gamepad specializedcontroller) etc.).The operation of this input and/or output device is well-known for those skilled in the art.

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1. haptic apparatus comprises:
Housing;
Be coupled to the input interface of described housing by suspension; And
Be coupled to the actuator of described input interface;
Wherein said suspension is configured to make when described actuator produces first vibration with first frequency, described first vibration is isolated with described housing in fact, and when described actuator produced second vibration with second frequency, described second vibration was passed to described housing in fact.
2. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first frequency is greater than described second frequency.
3. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first frequency are approximately〉200Hz.
4. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second frequency approximately are 100Hz-200Hz.
5. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said actuator are the linear resonance actuators.
6. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said suspension comprises foamed material.
7. equipment as claimed in claim 6, wherein said foamed material comprises
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8. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first vibratory response is applied in fact on the described input interface in the contact on described input interface.
9. equipment as claimed in claim 8, the wherein said first vibration simulation mechanical button.
10. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second vibration provides alarm.
11. equipment as claimed in claim 1, wherein said input interface is a touch-screen.
12. an operation comprises the method for the equipment of housing and input interface, described method comprises:
Produce first vibration by actuator with first frequency, wherein said first vibration is isolated in fact with described housing by the suspension that is coupled to described input interface; With
Produce second vibration by described actuator with second frequency, wherein said second vibration is passed to described housing in fact.
13. method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said first frequency are approximately〉200Hz.
14. method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said second frequency approximately are 100Hz-200Hz.
15. method as claimed in claim 12 wherein produces first vibration and is in response to the contact that detects on the described input interface and carries out.
16. method as claimed in claim 15, the wherein said first vibration simulation mechanical button.
17. method as claimed in claim 12 wherein produces second vibration and is in response to and need provides alarm to carry out.
18. method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said input interface is a touch-screen.
19. method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said first vibration is greater than described second vibration.
20. a handheld device comprises:
Housing;
Be coupled to the input interface of described housing;
Be coupled to the suspension of described housing;
Be coupled to the actuator of described input interface; And
Be coupled to the controller of described actuator, be configured to produce first vibration and produce second vibration with second frequency with first frequency;
Wherein said suspension is suitable for making described first vibration to isolate with described housing in fact, and described second vibration is applied in fact on the described housing.
21. equipment as claimed in claim 20, wherein said first frequency are approximately〉200Hz.
22. equipment as claimed in claim 20, wherein said second frequency approximately are 100Hz-200Hz.
23. equipment as claimed in claim 20, wherein said actuator are the linear resonance actuators.
24. equipment as claimed in claim 20, wherein said suspension comprises foamed material.
25. equipment as claimed in claim 24, wherein said foamed material comprises
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26. equipment as claimed in claim 20, wherein said first vibratory response is applied in fact on the described input interface in the contact on described input interface.
27. equipment as claimed in claim 26, the wherein said first vibration simulation mechanical button.
28. equipment as claimed in claim 27, wherein said second vibration provides alarm.
29. equipment as claimed in claim 20, wherein said input interface is a touch-screen.
30. equipment as claimed in claim 20, wherein said first vibration is greater than described second vibration.
31. a handheld device comprises:
Housing;
Be coupled to the input interface of described housing;
Be coupled to the suspension of described housing;
Be coupled to the actuator of described input interface; With
Be used for producing the device of first vibration by described actuator with first frequency, wherein said first vibration is isolated with described housing in fact; With
Be used for producing the device of second vibration by described actuator with second frequency, wherein said second vibration is passed to described housing in fact.
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