Method and system for conveying an emotion
First Claim
1. A method for conveying an emotion to a person being exposed to multimedia information, by way of tactile stimulation using a plurality of actuators arranged in a vicinity of the person'"'"'s body, the method comprisinga) exposing the person to multimedia information including video and/or audio information and tactile stimulation information;
- b) extracting the video and/or audio information from the multimedia information;
c) extracting the tactile stimulation information from the multimedia information, wherein said extracted tactile stimulation information comprises a pre-stored sequence of tactile stimulation patterns comprising signal shapes which are pre-selected from a library of signal shapes,d) controlling the plurality of actuators in time and space according to the pre-stored sequence of tactile stimulation patterns, wherein the plurality of actuators are steered by electronics that are addressed over a bus structure, wherein the bus structure wirelessly communicates with a metadata player via a transceiver coupled to the bus structure;
wherein the tactile stimulation patterns are time synchronized with the audio/visual information to enable a predefined vibrotactile stimulation of one ore more body regions of the person'"'"'body at predefined points in time to convey emotions to the person in respond to the audio/visual information;
wherein the multimedia information comprises an original video stream and a corresponding metadata file generated by a metadata editor, the metadata file comprising information from the original video stream containing said video and/or audio information, said tactile stimulation information comprising a tactile data block with information about the tactile stimulation, and synchronization information for synchronizing the tactile stimulation information to the original video stream, andwherein the tactile data block comprises the library of signal shapes and tactile stimulation patterns, each signal shape in the library of signal shapes defining a waveform signal for steering an individual actuator, and each pattern comprising a sequence of actuator settings defining which activators are activated at each point in time throughout the duration of the pattern;
wherein each pattern in the library is designed to control certain actuators to stimulate a bodily response associated with a specific emotion.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for conveying an emotion to a person being exposed to multimedia information, such as a media clip, by way of tactile stimulation using a plurality of actuators arranged in a close vicinity of the person'"'"'s body, the method comprising the step of providing tactile stimulation information for controlling the plurality of actuators, wherein the plurality of actuators are adapted to stimulate multiple body sites in a body region, the tactile stimulation information comprises a sequence of tactile stimulation patterns, wherein each tactile stimulation pattern controls the plurality of actuators in time and space to enable the tactile stimulation of the body region, and the tactile stimulation information is synchronized with the media clip. An advantage with the present invention is thus that emotions can be induced, or strengthened, at the right time (e.g. synchronized with a specific situation in the media clip).
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1. A method for conveying an emotion to a person being exposed to multimedia information, by way of tactile stimulation using a plurality of actuators arranged in a vicinity of the person'"'"'s body, the method comprising
a) exposing the person to multimedia information including video and/or audio information and tactile stimulation information; -
b) extracting the video and/or audio information from the multimedia information; c) extracting the tactile stimulation information from the multimedia information, wherein said extracted tactile stimulation information comprises a pre-stored sequence of tactile stimulation patterns comprising signal shapes which are pre-selected from a library of signal shapes, d) controlling the plurality of actuators in time and space according to the pre-stored sequence of tactile stimulation patterns, wherein the plurality of actuators are steered by electronics that are addressed over a bus structure, wherein the bus structure wirelessly communicates with a metadata player via a transceiver coupled to the bus structure; wherein the tactile stimulation patterns are time synchronized with the audio/visual information to enable a predefined vibrotactile stimulation of one ore more body regions of the person'"'"'body at predefined points in time to convey emotions to the person in respond to the audio/visual information; wherein the multimedia information comprises an original video stream and a corresponding metadata file generated by a metadata editor, the metadata file comprising information from the original video stream containing said video and/or audio information, said tactile stimulation information comprising a tactile data block with information about the tactile stimulation, and synchronization information for synchronizing the tactile stimulation information to the original video stream, and wherein the tactile data block comprises the library of signal shapes and tactile stimulation patterns, each signal shape in the library of signal shapes defining a waveform signal for steering an individual actuator, and each pattern comprising a sequence of actuator settings defining which activators are activated at each point in time throughout the duration of the pattern; wherein each pattern in the library is designed to control certain actuators to stimulate a bodily response associated with a specific emotion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A tactile stimulation system for conveying an emotion to a person being exposed to a media clip, the system comprising:
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a metadata editor configured to generate a metadata file from said media clip by combining video information and/or audio information from the media clip with tactile stimulation information and synchronization information; a plurality of actuators coupled to a tactile rendering device for controlling the actuators in time and space according to said tactile stimulation information comprising a pre-stored sequence of tactile stimulation patterns, wherein the plurality of actuators are steered by electronics that are addressed over a bus structure, and wherein the bus structure wirelessly communicates with a metadata player via a transceiver coupled to the bus structure; a metadata player coupled to a video rendering device, the metadata player configured to; extract tactile stimulation information from the generated metadata file, wherein the tactile stimulation information extracted from the generated metadata file comprises a tactile data block comprising at least a pre-selected subset of signal shapes and tactile stimulation patterns pre-selected from a library of signal shapes and tactile stimulation patterns each signal shape defining a signal for steering an individual actuator, and each pattern comprising a sequence of actuator settings defining which activators are activated at each point in time throughout the duration of the pattern, wherein each pattern in the library is designed to control certain actuators to stimulate a bodily response associated with a specific emotion; an audio rendering device coupled to the metadata player configured to extract audio information from the metadata file, a processor for processing the tactile stimulation information to control said plurality of actuators in time and space according to the pre-stored sequence of tactile stimulation patterns which comprise signal shapes that are pre-selected from a library of signal shapes, wherein the tactile stimulation patterns are time synchronized with the audio/visual information to enable a predefined vibrotactile stimulation of one or more body regions of the person'"'"'s body at predefined points in time to convey emotions to the person in response to the audio/visual information. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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