Haptic communication system using cutaneous actuators for simulation of continuous human touch
摘要
說明書
The C-V pair haptic signal converter 1416 transmits the sequence of actuator signals to the two dimensional array of cutaneous actuators. This causes the cutaneous actuators to activate in accordance with the sequence of actuator signals, and in turn, causes the user to sense a series of haptic outputs from the cutaneous actuators. If trained, the user may then be able to recognize the haptic outputs as C-V pairs of a word, and decipher the input word from the haptic outputs. In this fashion, a user may be able to recognize words haptically rather than aurally or visually. A similar flow may be used for converting input words to syllables, and syllables to sequences of haptic output, and thus is omitted here for sake of brevity.
Haptic Communication System Using Cutaneous Actuators for Simulation of Continuous Human Touch
Embodiments also relate to a haptic communication device including an array of cutaneous actuators to generate haptic sensations corresponding to actuator signals received by the array. The array includes a first cutaneous actuator to generate first haptic sensation at a first location on a body of a user at a first time, and a second cutaneous actuator to generate second haptic sensation at a second location on the body of the user at a second time later than the first time. The array of cutaneous actuators may be mounted on a substrate placed on the body of the user. A signal generator generates the actuator signals to cause the array to create continuous tactile motion along the body of the user from the first location to the second location. The signals correspond to words of a social touch lexicon.
