A system and method for generating air plasma by radiating a laser in the air, and making a user feel a somatic sense such as a tactile sense, a thermal sense or the like using a principle of inducing a state change in a medium as a result of a shock wave or an electric field generated by the air plasma.

An electronic device may include: a memory, a display, a haptic module comprising haptic circuitry, a sound module comprising audio circuitry, and a processor. The processor may be configured to: detect an event for an output of vibration and sound, delay the output of the vibration, change a sound output mode from a first mode to a second mode for fast output while the output of the vibration is delayed, output the sound using the sound module in the second mode, and output the delayed vibration through the haptic module to be synchronized with the output of the sound. As the sound output mode is changed to the second mode, a sound output path may be opened. The sound output path may be changed from the first path for non-fast output to the second path for fast output.

Systems and methods for generating pseudo haptic feedback for a virtual widget are disclosed. The method includes computing, from a force profile of the virtual widget, a virtual displacement value based on a force value and a type of the virtual widget. The force profile describes a user's perception of physical characteristics of the virtual widget. The method generates a visual haptic feedback based on the virtual displacement value and the type of the virtual widget. Further, in response to the force value, the method may display on a display screen the visual haptic feedback.

The present disclosure generally relates to tactile time feedback. Systems and methods for tactile time feedback include detecting a sequence of touch inputs at an electronic device, and in response to a determination that the sequence of touch inputs meets tactile time output criteria, output a tactile output pattern that indicates a time of day.

An electronic device detecting an alert event; and, in response, delays provision of feedback indicative of the alert event until determining whether the electronic device is in a first use context or in a second use context. In response to determining whether the electronic device is in the first use context or the second use context, the device, in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is in the first use context, provides first feedback indicative of the alert event. The device, in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is in the second use context that is distinct from the first use context, provides second feedback indicative of the alert event.

The technology involves providing haptic feedback to a user of a computing device. For instance, user input associated with a program of the computing device is received by a user interface module of the computing device. One or more processors of the computing device determine a kind of interaction corresponding to the user input. The one or more processors identify whether the kind of interaction is associated with one or more haptic feedback effects of a curated suite of haptic effects. Upon identifying that the kind of interaction is associated with one or more haptic feedback effect, the one or more processors select a particular haptic feedback effect from the curated suite of haptic effects. And the one or more processors are able to cause a haptic feedback module of the computing device to provide the particular haptic feedback effect for sensation by the user.

An apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: enable detection of one or more stroke user inputs for use in deciphering an entered character during a character entry mode; enable detection of a jolt during the character entry mode; upon detection of the jolt, associate one or more of the stroke user inputs with the jolt; and provide for a predetermined timeout period during which the one or more associated stroke user inputs are at least one of considered for removal from display and considered for removal from consideration in deciphering the entered character.

An operation device includes an operation unit including an operation surface on which an operator performs a press operation, an ultrasonic drive unit configured to ultrasonically drive the operation surface, a load detection unit configured to detect a pressing load for the press operation, and a controller configured to control ultrasonic driving of the ultrasonic drive unit, the controller being configured to, when the pressing load is equal to or greater than a predetermined load, ultrasonically drive the operation surface at an ultrasonic driving force equal to or greater than a predetermined ultrasonic driving force so as to provide a thermal presentation to the operator to indicate that the press operation is initiated.

Systems and methods are provided to determine whether a first input to a web browser is received, the first input having at a first directional property, has a value that is greater than or equal to a first threshold value that corresponds to the first directional property. When the value is greater than or equal to the first threshold value, it is determined whether a second a second input is received, the second input having at least a second directional property. A message is displayed based on the determination that the determined at least one value is equal to or greater than the first threshold value that corresponds to the at least one property and the received second input having at least the second directional property.

The invention provides a method for automatically identifying emotional states of a person in real-time based on physiological responses by exposing a person to a stimulus, measuring the person's physiological response to the stimulus, and comparing the measured physiological response to a known baseline physiological. The deviation of the measured physiological response from the baseline physiological response is determinative of the emotional state.