US Patent Issued to QUALCOMM on Oct. 21 for "Haptics mixing for concurrent haptic events" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,450,991, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to QUALCOMM Inc. (San Diego).

"Haptics mixing for concurrent haptic events" was invented by Reid Westburg (Del Mar, Calif.), Sandeep Louis D'Souza (San Diego) and Murali Mantravadi (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, an electronic device may receive a plurality of haptic signals associated with a plurality of haptic events, wherein the plurality of haptic events overlap in a time domain. The electronic device may generate a mixed haptics signal that combines the plurality of haptic signals in a mechanical acceleration domain, wherein the mixed haptics signal preserves timing...