Automatic remote sensing and haptic conversion system
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1. A wearable haptic device, comprising:
- a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect;
a speaker;
a microphone; and
a controller communicably coupled to the microphone via a communication bus, and configuredto receive a sensed audio signal from the microphone,to identify a numeric value of a parameter of the sensed audio signal,to convert the sensed audio signal into a haptic signal by causing a haptic parameter of the haptic signal to have a numeric value which is the same as the numeric value of the parameter of the sensed audio signal,to communicate the haptic signal to the haptic output device, wherein the haptic output device is configured to generate the haptic effect based on the haptic signal, andto cause the speaker to be silent when the haptic output device generates the haptic effect.
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Abstract
A system is provided that automatically converts an input into one or more haptic effects in near real-time. The system senses the input in near real-time. The system automatically converts the sensed input into one or more haptic signals in near real-time. The system generates the one or more haptic effects based on the one or more haptic signals.
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12 Claims
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1. A wearable haptic device, comprising:
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a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect; a speaker; a microphone; and a controller communicably coupled to the microphone via a communication bus, and configured to receive a sensed audio signal from the microphone, to identify a numeric value of a parameter of the sensed audio signal, to convert the sensed audio signal into a haptic signal by causing a haptic parameter of the haptic signal to have a numeric value which is the same as the numeric value of the parameter of the sensed audio signal, to communicate the haptic signal to the haptic output device, wherein the haptic output device is configured to generate the haptic effect based on the haptic signal, and to cause the speaker to be silent when the haptic output device generates the haptic effect. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A wearable haptic device, comprising:
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a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect; and a controller configured to receive a sensed audio signal generated by a microphone, to identify a frequency content of the sensed audio signal, to convert the sensed audio signal into a haptic signal by causing the haptic signal to have a frequency content that is identical to the frequency content of the sensed audio signal, to communicate the haptic signal to the haptic output device, wherein the haptic output device is configured to generate the haptic effect based on the haptic signal. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A method of generating a haptic effect, the method comprising:
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receiving a sensed audio signal that is generated by a microphone; identifying a time signature of the sensed audio signal; converting the sensed audio signal to a haptic signal, by causing the haptic signal to have a time signature that is identical to the time signature of the sensed audio signal; communicating the haptic signal to a haptic output device, wherein the haptic output device is configured to generate the haptic effect based on the haptic signal. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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