3D translator device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9417697-B2
Application number	US-201313790796-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2013
Priority date	Mar 8, 2013
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

Various embodiments include a three-dimensional (3D) translator device for translating two-dimensional (2D) visual imagery into 3D physical representations that users can feel with their fingers and thus interact with and experience physically. The 3D translator device may enable users to feel/interact with 2D images displayed on devices such as 2D touchscreen devices by translating the 2D images into a 3D touch surface coordinate data set. The 3D translator device may actuate based on the 3D touch surface coordinate data set so that the users can feel the 3D representation of the 2D images, and translating the users' touches on the 3D translator device's 3D touchpanel into touch inputs that can be processed by a 2D touchscreen device (i.e., “2D touch inputs).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A three-dimensional (3D) translator device configured to translate a two-dimensional (2D) image into a 3D shape on a 3D touchpanel, comprising:
a photographic sensor;
the 3D touchpanel configured to actuate individuals portions of a deformable surface; and
a processor coupled to the photographic sensor and the 3D touchpanel, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
capturing the 2D imag…

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Lee Arthur C
• Lindner Mark Aaron
• Mahan Michael P

Classifications

• G06F3/041

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/0488

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F3/016 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic