METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MOOD-BASED HAPTIC FEEDBACK
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating mood-based haptic feedback are disclosed. A haptic system includes a sensing device, a digital processing unit, and a haptic generator. The sensing device, in one embodiment, is configured to detect user'"'"'s modalities in accordance with mood information collected by one or more sensors and capable of issuing a sensing signal in response to the user'"'"'s modalities. The digital processing unit is capable of identifying a user'"'"'s condition in accordance with the sensing signal and providing a haptic signal in response to the user'"'"'s condition. The user'"'"'s condition, in one aspect, indicates user'"'"'s mood and/or user'"'"'s psychological conditions. The haptic generator generates haptic feedback in accordance with the haptic signal.
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20. A method, comprising:
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sensing a mood of a player playing a game on a gaming device; and adjusting a level of difficulty of the game based on the sensed mood of the player. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A haptic device, comprising:
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a sensor configured to sense a mood of a user of the haptic device; and a haptic generator configured to generate haptic feedback based on the mood sensed by the sensor, wherein the haptic device is a wearable device configured to worn by the user. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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