US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on July 29 for "Passive haptics as reference for active haptics" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,373,034, issued on July 29, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC.

"Passive haptics as reference for active haptics" was invented by Hong Z. Tan (Beijing) and Zhaoyuan Ma (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The combination of active and reference haptics on an electronic device, such as a wearable display device, can convey information to a user without requiring the user to look at the device. An electronic device may include a housing, a display disposed in the housing and including an interface surface arranged for user contact and a reference haptic. The interface surface includes an active haptic output that provide...