Force indication of a boundary
View Patent ↗For force identification of a boundary, code detects an attention area on a display intersecting a boundary of the display. In addition the code provides a force indication through a feedback device in response to detecting the attention area intersecting the boundary.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a display;
a feedback device in a wearable item, wherein the wearable item is a shoe;
a processor;
a memory that stores code executable by the processor to:
detect an attention area intersecting a boundary geometry that specifies a physical location of the display, wherein intersecting the boundary geometry comprises approaching within a boundary buffer distance of the boundary geometry; and
provide a force indication by stiffening the feedback device in response to detecting the attention area intersecting the boundary geometry.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the attention area is a cursor.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the attention area is a pointing device physical position.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the attention area is one or more of a visual area of interest, a pointing device virtual position, and a user position.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein an electronic pen that generates the attention area.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the feedback device is selected from the group consisting of a piezoelectric actuator and a mechanical actuator.
7. A method comprising:
detecting, by use of a processor, an attention area intersecting a boundary geometry that specifies a physical location of the display, wherein intersecting the boundary geometry comprises approaching within a boundary buffer distance of the boundary geometry; and
providing a force indication by stiffening a feedback device in a wearable item in response to detecting the attention area intersecting the boundary geometry, wherein the wearable item is a shoe.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the attention area is a cursor.
9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the attention area is a pointing device physical position.
10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the attention area is one or more of a visual area of interest, a pointing device virtual position, and a user position.
11. The method of claim 7 , wherein an electronic pen that generates the attention area.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the feedback device is selected from the group consisting of a piezoelectric actuator and a mechanical actuator.
13. A program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code executable by a processor, the executable code comprising code to perform:
detecting an attention area intersecting a boundary geometry that specifies a physical location of the display, wherein intersecting the boundary geometry comprises approaching within a boundary buffer distance of the boundary geometry; and
providing a force indication by stiffening a feedback device in a wearable item in response to detecting the attention area intersecting the boundary geometry, wherein the wearable item is a shoe.
14. The program product of claim 13 , wherein the attention area is a cursor.
15. The program product of claim 13 , wherein the attention area is a pointing device physical position.
16. The program product of claim 13 , wherein the attention area is one or more of a visual area of interest, a pointing device virtual position, and a user position.
17. The program product of claim 13 , wherein an electronic pen that generates the attention area.
18. The program product of claim 13 , wherein the feedback device is selected from the group consisting of a piezoelectric actuator and a mechanical actuator.