IP Library Granted Patent US 10,691,206
Granted Patent B2
US 10,691,206 · App. 15/753,683 · Granted Jun 23, 2020

Pressure-sensitive haptic device

Inventors: Hyokune Hwang (Seoul, KR); Sooyong Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
G06F3/016G06F3/0414G06F3/04886G06F2203/014
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Patent No.
US 10,691,206
App. No.
15/753,683
Granted
Jun 23, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a pressure-sensitive haptic device comprising: a support plate onto one surface of which a touch screen is coupled; an actuator, coupled to the support plate, for generating vibration in response to a load applied to the touch screen and delivering the vibration to the support plate; a guide rail part, disposed in contact with the other surface of the support plate, for supporting the support plate; and a load sensing part coupled to both ends of the guide rail part, for detecting the size of the load which has been applied to the touch screen and delivered, via the guide rail part, to the load sensing part.

Claims (10)

1. A pressure-sensitive haptic device comprising:

a support plate coupled in a state that a touch screen is mounted on one surface;

an actuator coupled to the support plate, generating vibration in response to a load applied to the touch screen, and transmitting the vibration to the support plate;

a guide rail part disposed to be in contact with the other surface of the support plate to support the support plate; and

a load sensing part coupled to both ends of the guide rail part and sensing a magnitude of a load applied to the touch screen upon receiving the load through the guide rail part,

wherein the support plate is coupled to the guide rail part and coupled to slidably move in one direction along the guide rail part, and the actuator generates vibration in a direction in which the support plate slidably moves.

2. The pressure-sensitive haptic device of claim 1 , wherein the guide rail part includes first and second guide rails disposed to face each other based on the actuator, and the load sensing part is coupled to both ends of each of the first and second guide rails.

3. The pressure-sensitive haptic device of claim 1 , wherein the support plate has a protrusion formed to protrude toward the actuator, and the actuator includes a fastening part coupled to the protrusion to prevent generation of a reaction force against a load applied to the touch screen in a portion where the support plate and the actuator are coupled, and the fastening part includes a damper part formed to slidably move in a state that at least a portion of the protrusion is inserted when a load is generated in the touch screen and a head part in which one end is coupled to the protrusion and at least a portion of the other end is caught by the damper part to limit movement based on an external force generated in a direction opposite to the load.

4. The pressure-sensitive haptic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a bearing part formed to surround the guide rail part and disposed between the guide rail part and the load sensing part to support the guide rail part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 21, 2018
From: HWANG, HYOKUNE; PARK, SOOYONG
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 044985/0297 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0115652 · Aug 17, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180239432A1 · Aug 23, 2018