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TACTILE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS

  • US 20090225046A1
  • Filed: 08/06/2008
  • Published: 09/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A tactile transmission method using tactile feedback apparatuses for allowing a user to input a position or operation command thereto using a pointing object, each tactile feedback apparatus including a touch input section as a medium that is applied with an action force of the pointing object and transmitted with a reaction force according to the action force, a tactile sensor disposed below the touch input section for sensing the action force and generating a predetermined signal, a controller for generating a predetermined control signal based on position information of the action force and the signal generated from the tactile sensor, and an actuator disposed beneath the touch input section and adapted to be driven to transmit the reaction force to the touch input section based on the control signal generated from the controller, such that when the action force is applied to the touch input section, the reaction force according to the action force is transferred to the user, wherein one of the tactile feedback apparatuses is used as a tactile feedback apparatus on a transmission side and the other of the tactile feedback apparatuses is used as a tactile feedback apparatus on a reception side, the tactile transmission method comprising:

  • a step of receiving an action force applied to a touch input section of the transmission-side tactile feedback apparatus by a transmission-side user;

    a step of acquiring attribute information of the action force;

    a step of transmitting the acquired attribute information of the action force to a central office system through a wired or wireless communication network;

    a step of transmitting the attribute information of the action force to the reception-side tactile feedback apparatus through connection of the central office system to the reception-side tactile feedback apparatus; and

    a step of driving a corresponding actuator of the reception-side tactile feedback apparatus based on a control signal generated from a controller of the reception-side tactile feedback apparatus that received the attribute information of the action force from the central office system,whereby when the transmission-side user applies a certain action force to the transmission-side tactile feedback apparatus, a reception-side user can sense a reaction force according to the action force at a corresponding position of the reception-side tactile feedback apparatus.

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