Shear Tactile Display System for Communicating Direction and Other Tactile Cues
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1. A tactile display, comprising;
- a contact pad, operable to engage a target area of a user'"'"'s skin;
a restraining system, operable to restrain a portion of the user'"'"'s skin distal from the target area of the skin;
an actuation system, operably coupled to one of;
i) the contact pad and the ii) restraining system;
the actuation system being capable of moving the contact pad and the restraining system relative to one another to apply a shear force across the target area of the user'"'"'s skin to thereby provide tactile information to the user.
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Abstract
A tactile display comprises a contact pad, operable to engage a target area of a user'"'"'s skin. A restraining system is operable to restrain a portion of the user'"'"'s skin distal from the target area of the skin. An actuation system is operably coupled to one of: i) the contact pad and the ii) restraining system. The actuation system is capable of moving the contact pad and the restraining system relative to one another to create a shear force across the target area of the user'"'"'s skin to thereby provide tactile information to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A tactile display, comprising;
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a contact pad, operable to engage a target area of a user'"'"'s skin; a restraining system, operable to restrain a portion of the user'"'"'s skin distal from the target area of the skin; an actuation system, operably coupled to one of;
i) the contact pad and the ii) restraining system;
the actuation system being capable of moving the contact pad and the restraining system relative to one another to apply a shear force across the target area of the user'"'"'s skin to thereby provide tactile information to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing directional cues to a user, comprising:
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restraining a portion of at least one of the user'"'"'s fingers engaging with a contact pad a target area of skin of the user; and moving the target area of skin and the contact pad relative one another to provide a shear force across the target area of skin of the user to provide a directional cue to the user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of providing a user with directional cues while the user is operating an apparatus, comprising:
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restraining a finger of the user with a restraining structure coupled to or formed in the apparatus, to thereby at least partially restrain some skin of the finger; engaging a target area of skin of the finger with a contact pad; and moving the contact pad and the target area of skin relative to one another to thereby provide directional cues to the user, the directional cues being related to a directional aspect of the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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