TACTILE FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND VIRTUAL REALITY INTERACTIVE SYSTEM

• US 20170160814A1
• Filed: 11/10/2016
• Published: 06/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Beijing Zhigu RUI TUO Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Du, Lin, Zhou, Liang
• Application Number:
  US15/348,145
• Publication Number:
  US 20170160814A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/20 Movements or behaviour, e.g. gesture recognition recognition of facial expressions G06V40/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/28 Recognition of hand or arm movements, e.g. recognition of deaf sign language static hand signs G06V40/113

Abstract

The present application provides a tactile feedback method, comprising: determining, on skin of a user, a region where contact between the user and a content presented in virtual reality (VR) occurs; and generating, according to relevant information of the content presented in the VR, at least a first contact feedback in the region where the contact occurs. The present application further provides a tactile feedback apparatus and a VR interactive system. The technical solutions provided by embodiments of the present application are used to cause that it is unnecessary to use a VR interactive controller and it is also unnecessary to perform a tactile feedback in a large scope, thereby greatly reducing costs and energy consumption needed for generating a tactile feedback.

Claims

1. A tactile feedback method, comprising:

determining, on skin of a user, a region where contact between the user and a content presented in virtual reality (VR) occurs; and

generating, according to relevant information of the content presented in the VR, at least a first contact feedback in the region where the contact occurs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein after the region where the contact occurs is determined, the method further comprises:

determining a region where a relative movement between the user and the content presented in the VR occurs in the region where the contact occurs.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the generating, according to relevant information of the content presented in the VR, at least a first contact feedback in the region where the contact occurs comprises:

generating, according to the relevant information of the content presented in the VR, the first tactile feedback in the part, other than the region where the relative movement occurs, of the region where the contact occurs; and

generating, according to the relevant information of the content presented in the VR and a relevant parameter of the relative movement, a second tactile feedback in the region where the relative movement occurs, wherein;

the second tactile feedback comprises the first tactile feedback and an elastic force feedback.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining a region where a relative movement between the user and the content presented in the VR occurs in the region where the contact occurs comprises:

determining, according to a change of an action of the user acquired by at least one camera, a region where a relative movement between the user and the content presented in the VR occurs in the region where the contact occurs.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the determining, according to a change of an action of the user captured by at least one camera, a region where a relative movement between the user and the content presented in the VR occurs in the region where the contact occurs comprises:

analyzing a static picture or a moving image of the user collected by the at least one camera;

determining the change of the action of the user; and

determining, according to the change of the action of the user, the region where the relative movement between the user and the content presented in the VR occurs in the region where the contact occurs.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining, on skin of a user, a region where contact between the user and a content presented in VR occurs comprises:

acquiring location information and gesture information of the user in a virtual environment; and

determining, according to the location information, the gesture information, and the content presented in the VR, the region where the contact occurs.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tactile feedback comprises:

a physical material feedback of the content presented in the VR and/or a texture feedback of the content presented in the VR.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the texture feedback comprises at least one of the following feedbacks:

a concave-convex feeling feedback and a sticky feeling feedback.

9. A tactile feedback apparatus, comprising:

a contact determining module, configured to determine, on skin of a user, a region where contact between the user and a content presented in virtual reality (VR) occurs; and

a tactile feedback module, configured to generate, according to relevant information of the content presented in the VR, at least a first contact feedback in the region where the contact occurs.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the apparatus further comprises:

a relative movement determining module, configured to determine a region where a relative movement between the user and the content presented in the VR occurs in the region where the contact occurs.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the tactile feedback module comprises:

a first tactile feedback sub-module, configured to generate, according to the relevant information of the content presented in the VR, the first tactile feedback in the part, other than the region where the relative movement occurs, of the region where the contact occurs; and

a second tactile feedback sub-module, configured to generate, according to the relevant information of the content presented in the VR and a relevant parameter of the relative movement, a second tactile feedback in the region where the relative movement occurs, wherein;

the second tactile feedback comprises the first tactile feedback and an elastic force feedback.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the relative movement determining module comprises:

a relative movement determining sub-module, configured to determine, according to a change of an action of the user acquired by at least one camera, a region where a relative movement between the user and the content presented in the VR occurs in the region where the contact occurs.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the relative movement determining sub-module comprises:

an analyzing unit, configured to analyze a static picture or a moving image of the user collected by the at least one camera;

a first determining unit, configured to determine the change of the action of the user; and

a second determining unit, configured to determine, according to the change of the action of the user, the region where the relative movement between the user and the content presented in the VR occurs in the region where the contact occurs.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the contact determining module comprises:

a location information determining sub-module, configured to acquire location information and gesture information of the user in a virtual environment; and

a contact determining sub-module, configured to determine, according to the location information, the gesture information, and the content presented in the VR, the region where the contact occurs.

15. A virtual reality (VR) interactive system, comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to store an instruction;

and the processor is configured to execute the instruction to execute the following steps;

determining, on skin of a user, a region where contact between the user and a content presented in virtual reality (VR) occurs; and

generating, according to relevant information of the content presented in the VR, at least a first contact feedback in the region where the contact occurs.