First ever mechanical, low power IMMR patent granted

from the IV MB, by cellodude:

>>First ever mechanical, low power IMMR patent granted

"System and method for low power haptic feedback," inventor Vincent Hayward. This must be the mad scientist Clent mentioned in the last CC.

This one is so amazing, but mind-blowing, I can't comprehend 98% of it. It encompasses multiple new LOW POWER mechanical haptics methods for screens and rotary knobs.

Two parts I understood. The first is, say you have a circular knob. Behind the knob, there are multiple hidden disks behind it, like stacked checkers. These underlying disks each have a different pattern of concave cutouts and convex pins. These would correlate to different patterns of clicks and stops when turning the knob.

Alongside the underlying "pattern disks" is a movable arm, which can engage a selected disk one at a time. The turning properties of the knob will then conform to the pattern of that particular disk. Thus multiple mechanical personalities are programmable for that single rotary knob. The only electrical part is the arm selector.

The other part I got explains the feeling of reptile skins from yesterday's video. It's a whole screen of somehow programmable tiny spring-loaded dual pins or cams.

Good luck.

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