Progress Report Week April 4

Progress: So we have created two apps with dashed lines.

Problem: One issue we are having is how to connect the two different apps. We can run one at a time but we can't go from one to another in the app.

Plan: Our plan is to try and get the two apps to work as one. Another thing we want to try is circles with haptic feedback.

Progress Report week Feb. 21

Progress: We have created a straight line app with working haptic feedback

Problem: One issue we were having was the boundary of the lines.

Plan: Our plan is to make a dashed lines app. In the dashed lines app we will try different types of dashed lines, so the width and the length of the dashed lines will change.

Progress Report Week of Feb. 7

Progress: We got the haptic feedback to work. We now can feel where the map is on the screen. We have also solved the problem we were having with the button.

Problem: One thing that we would like to fix is if you go off the picture and then come back on you would still feel the haptic feedback. We don't want the user to have to start on the picture to feel the haptic feedback.
Plan: The plan is to fix that problem first and then move on to the lines testing app so we can implement it in to the final app.

Progress Report Week of Dec. 20

Progress: Since the last time we shared our presentation with the class, we have gotten more accustomed with our code. We are looking at it more closely to see where Mr. Lin's code and our code differ. We are still trying to get the haptic feedback to work. We have got a sense of what is going on but haven't been able to pin point the exact issue.
Problem: Some of the problems that we are running into is mentioned in the progress area. We are trying to locate the issue on why the haptic feedback isn't working and why the code won't run on the Senseg device. It will open the app but before we see any image the app crashes and we are back to the home screen on the Senseg device.
Plan: For this week I am thinking that we try and see what the differences are between to two codes and see if we can adapt Mr. Lin's code so it will work with our program or we try and use the sample code we found and see what we need to add. We will see if there is something is in the wrong place and causing the problem.

RE: Patents Research

It's a good list to include the patents in the past five years. However, you should include an analysis section to

• group these patents into meaningful categories, and 
• identify the possible areas of future innovation.

Patents Research

#	Patent number	Applicant/Inventor	Title	Essence
1	US 20150123775 A1	Kerdemelidis; Andrew	Haptic notification apparatus and method	An apparatus and method the allows the use to feel vibration under their fingers when feeling the screen
2	US 20140266648 A1	Senseg Ltd.	Tactile stimulation apparatus having a composite section comprising a semiconducting material	An apparatus consisting of an insulating layer and a semiconductive layer that touch each other and provide tactile feedback.
3	US 20130045761 A1	Grant; Danny A Ramsay; Erin B Gregorio; Pedro Fleming; Jason D Flaherty; Natasha M	Haptically enabled messaging	Having a haptic feedback command in text messages and sending text messages
4	US 20110254799 A1	Makinen; Ville Suvanto; Petro Linjama; Jukka	Method and apparatus for sensory stimulation	Haptic feedback, the electrovibration
5	US 20120286944 A1	Forutanpour; Babak, Bednar; David	Devices and methods for presenting information to a user on a tactile output surface of a mobile device	Mobile devices using tactile feedback to help the user see what appears on the screen without actually seeing.
6	US 20110074733 A1	Makinen; Ville Suvanto; Petro Linjama; Jukka	Interface apparatus for touch input and tactile output communication	When touching the device your finger will be the point and therefore you will feel electrovibration.
7	US 20140071071 A1	Hirose; Yoshifumi, Araki; Shoichi, Nagahara; Hidetomo	Haptic feedback device and haptic feedback method	a device that has the ability to use haptic feedback
8	US 20130106758 A1	Radivojevic; Zoran, Beecher; Paul, Bower; Chris, Andrew; Piers, Cotton; Darryl, Haque; Samiul	Apparatus and associated methods	the first sensors relationship with the other sensors and the finger picking up on that wave.
9	US 20140049505 A1	Radivojevic; Zoran, Beecher; Paul, Bower; Chris, Andrew; Piers, Cotton; Darryl, Haque; Samiul, Astley; Michael, Ahonen; Markus	Apparatus and associated methods	electrodes are used as haptic feedback in part of the system, the direction and feel of the vibration.
10	US 20140292719 A1	Colgate; James Edward, Peshkin; Michael A.	Haptic device with controlled traction forces	the friction one feels when using haptic feedback

Tactile stimulation apparatus having a composite section comprising a semiconducting material

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=senseg&OS=senseg&RS=senseg → Senseg’s apparatus - device - patent. It gives Senseg Ltd. the rights over a haptic feedback-giving device comprising of a semiconducting material. It is the soul of our project, but at the moment we are more interesting in finding software that were patented instead of the device since we are not modifying the device itself.

Haptic notification apparatus and method

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=senseg&OS=senseg&RS=senseg

Progress Report - Week of Nov. 22

Progress: We have learned more about what was wrong with the code however unlocking new answers led to more problems with adding vibration.

Problems: A problem that we think we are running into is that Mr. Lin's code is on an older version of Android Studio and therefore there might be some trouble copying the code. Another problem is that our library doesn't have the tools we need to run the code.

Plan: Our plan this week is to keep working on trying to add feeling to the code. We plan to dissect Mr. Lin's code and change our code to match his and then had what we need for our code to the working code. We are also going to try and find out what library tools we are missing and see if that has any effect on whether the code should run.