ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,471, issued on May 27, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Head-mounted display with haptic output" was invented by Forrest C. Wang (Petaluma, Calif.) and Ritu Shah (Mississauga, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-mounted display includes a display, haptic output devices, and a controller. The display unit is configured to be worn on a head of a user and includes a display for providing graphical output to the user. The haptic output devices are coupled to the display unit. The controller that processes directional inputs, determines directional haptic output according to the directional inputs, and controls th...