APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK SENSATIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND HARDNESS-SOFTNESS TO A CONTROLLER

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13188360

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Described herein are hand-held controller, system, and method for providing real-time sensations of temperature and/or hardness-softness to the hand-held controller. The hand-held controller comprises a first region configured to be touched by a user and to provide a real-time computer programmable hardness-softness sensation to the user in response to a first trigger signal generated by an interactive program; and a first mechanism, coupled to the first region, to cause the first region to harden relative to a first state, and to cause the first region to soften relative to a second state.

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SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INCTOKYO JAPAN TOKYO METROPOLIS

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Mikhailov, Anton Campbell, US 46 4024
Stafford, Jeffrey R Redwood City, US 44 1148
Umminger, Frederick Oakland, US 14 858

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