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Analyze Ninendo Patents for Revolution:

ok, so i was up late tonight looking up "real" patents of nintendo. one which features a touchpad/touchscreen that has force feedback. wierd huh? they descibe it as haptic feedback that moves the touchpad up down, left and right but keeping it parallel to the rest of the unit. Since the DS doesn't do this, we can probably assume it will be on the revolution.

It also says that it will have 2 kinds of vibration.

1. high pitched vibration of the touchpad (piezo actuater)
2. low pitched, bigger vibration of the rest of the (controller)

they keep saying 'it could be used in anything like a laptop, a pda, an electronic device a video game console.... or portable computer'

like they are trying to disguise it's for a video game console

Didn't before they say "the revolution will not have a touchscreen like the DS" well, it isnt' like the ds, it's different.

Quote:

More specifically, the present invention relates to a haptic feedback touch control for inputting signals to a computer and for outputting forces to a user of the touch control. The control includes a touch input device including an approximately planar touch surface operative to input a position signal to a processor of said computer based on a location of user contact on the touch surface. One or more actuators are coupled to the touch input device which can output a force to laterally move the touch input device approximately parallel to its surface to provide a haptic sensation to the user contacting it. The computer can position a cursor in a graphical environment displayed on a display device based on the position signal. The touch input device can be a separate touchpad or included as a touch screen. The user can contact the touch surface with a finger or other object, such as a stylus. Two actuators can move the touch input device in orthogonal directions parallel to the touch surface.

In another embodiment, a haptic feedback touch control for inputting signals to a computer and for outputting forces to a user includes a touch input device including an approximately planar touch surface which inputs a position signal to a computer processor, a surface member located adjacent to the touch input device, where the user can contact the surface when pressing the touch input device, and an actuator coupled to the surface member. The actuator outputs a force on the surface member to provide a haptic sensation to the user. The surface member can be translated laterally, approximately in a plane parallel to the surface of the touch input device; for example, the surface member can be positioned over the touch input device and approximately coextensive with the surface of the touch input device. Or, the surface member can be positioned to a side of the touch input device such that the user touches the touch input device with one finger and touches the surface member with a different finger or palm. For example, the surface member can be positioned over a physical button that is located adjacent to said touch input device. Contact or inertial forces can be output on the surface member.