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Tactile device

  • US 5,989,099 A
  • Filed: 05/30/1997
  • Issued: 11/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A first and a second hand-operated tactile devices, said devices being remote from each other, each said device comprising:

  • a tactile body positionable in one hand of a user, said tactile body including a first articulated member movable relative to the remainder of said body in a manual operation phase with the user manipulating said first articulated member relative to the remainder of said body and a second articulated member movable relative to the remainder of said body in an automatic operation phase with said second articulated member being movable relative to the remainder of said body and said hand of the user; and

    a control system carried by said body, said control system receiving a first signal from said first articulated member when said first articulated member is manually manipulated by the user and said control system generating a second signal controlling movement of said second articulated member to automatically move said second articulated member relative to the remainder of said body and said hand of the user, said first articulated member being movable in a first plane in said manual operation phase and said second articulated member being movable in a second plane intersecting said first plane in said automatic operation phase,characterized in that said control system of said first device directly transmits a first output to said control system of said second device to generate said second signal of said second device and further that said control system of said second device directly transmits a second output to said control system of said first device, each said control system including a storage device having at least one tactile signal pattern stored therein, said control system generating said second signal in response to the tactile signal pattern stored in said storage device,whereby movement of said first articulated member of said first device in said first plane causes movement of said second articulated member of said second device in said second plane and movement of said first articulated member of said second device in said first plane causes movement of said second articulated member of said first device in said second plane, the first plane of movement of each said first articulated member being orthogonal to the second plane of movement of said second articulated member.

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