US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on July 14 for "Haptic output device and method for providing haptic output" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,682,728, issued on July 14, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Haptic output device and method for providing haptic output" was invented by Hiroshi Wakuda (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haptic output apparatus includes a vibration system having one or more resonance frequencies, the vibration system including an actuator configured to vibrate in accordance with an input signal, and including an object coupled to the actuator and configured to be excited in response to the vibration of the actuator. The haptic output apparatus includes a controller configured to control driving of the actuator. The controller ...