Haptic communication system using cutaneous actuators for simulation of continuous human touch
摘要
說明書
The cutaneous actuators 1104 generate a haptic output (e.g., vibrations) which can be sensed by the skin of the user's forearm. In one embodiment, the cutaneous actuators 1104 are placed on an interior surface of the harness 1103 facing the skin of the user's forearm. As used here, cutaneous actuator(s) 1104 may refer to a single cutaneous actuator 1104 or the two dimensional array of cutaneous actuators 1104 which are attached to the harness 1103 as shown. The haptic output generated by each of the cutaneous actuators 1104 may include a force or pressure or other output that may be sensed by the user's skin, such as electrical stimulus, temperature stimulus (e.g., heat), negative pressure (e.g., suction), vibrational output, shear movement stimulus, and so on. The cutaneous actuators 1104 may be similar to the cutaneous actuators described above, such as cutaneous actuators 108, 208, and 802. The cutaneous actuators 1104 are arranged in a two dimensional array on the harness 1103, and with their orientation such that an activation of a cutaneous actuator 1104, which generates the haptic output, causes a sensation to be sensed by the user. In the case where the cutaneous actuators 1104 provide a force sensation (e.g., pressure), the cutaneous actuators 1104 are arranged such that the force sensation generated by the cutaneous actuators 1104 is directed towards the user's skin.
