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Shear Tactile Display System for Communicating Direction and Other Tactile Cues

  • US 20090036212A1
  • Filed: 07/30/2008
  • Published: 02/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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