Vibrotactile Device and Method Using the Same
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1. A vibrotactile device comprising:
- a vibrating contact panel contacting a user'"'"'s hand;
a plurality of vibratory modules attached to the lower part of said vibrating contact panel, wherein said modules vibrate with different intensities according to the amount of supplied power; and
a plurality of vibration isolating links, each being coupled to an end of each of said modules, wherein the links support said modules and isolate the vibration from said modules.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a vibrotactile device intuitively providing information by inducing a tactile sense to a user, and a method using the same. The device according to an embodiment includes a vibrating contact panel contacting with a user'"'"'s hand; a plurality of vibratory modules that are attached to the lower part of the vibrating contact panel and vibrate with different intensities according to the amount of supplied power; and a plurality of vibration isolating links that are coupled, respectively, to an end of each of the modules to support the modules and to isolate the vibration from the modules.
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1. A vibrotactile device comprising:
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a vibrating contact panel contacting a user'"'"'s hand; a plurality of vibratory modules attached to the lower part of said vibrating contact panel, wherein said modules vibrate with different intensities according to the amount of supplied power; and a plurality of vibration isolating links, each being coupled to an end of each of said modules, wherein the links support said modules and isolate the vibration from said modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for generating vibrations using a vibrotactile device having vibratory modules, said method comprising:
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(a) outputting a command regarding directional and positional information which is to be delivered to a user according to processing conditions of a program; (b) converting the directional and positional information, which is to be delivered to said user, into an aimed point of the coordinates on the surface of the vibrotactile device; and (c) operating the vibratory module corresponding to the aimed point of said coordinates, or, if there is no module corresponding to the aimed point of said coordinates, operating a plurality of the modules adjacent to said coordinates. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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