Method and device for generating vibration based on an adjective

• US 9,880,570 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2015
• Issued: 01/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Postech Academy-Industry Foundation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Eun-hwa, Choi, Seung-moon, Lee, Jae-bong, Lee, Jeong-seok, Jung, Dae-kwang, Bae, Yu-dong, Seo, Jong-man, Yoo, Yong-jae, Chun, Jae-min
• Primary Examiner(s): Ali, Mohammad
• Assistant Examiner(s): Azad, MD
• Application Number:
  US14/606,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20150212527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• Field of Search: 700280
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 19/02 characterised by the use of electric means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/047 Vibrating means for incoming calls

Abstract

A method for generating a vibration by a device by using an adjective is provided. The method includes setting at least one fundamental frequency and at least one overlap ratio corresponding to a certain adjective and a degree value of the certain adjective, receiving at least one user input for inputting an adjective and a degree value of the input adjective, and generating at least one vibration corresponding to the input adjective and the degree value of the input adjective based on the setting. The generated at least one vibration has a fundamental frequency and an overlap ratio corresponding to the input adjective and the degree value of the input adjective.

Claims

1. A method for generating a vibration by a device based on an adjective word, the method comprising:

setting, by at least one processor, for each of a plurality of adjective words, at least one fundamental frequency and a degree value of senses corresponding to an adjective word, the adjective words indicating senses provided to a user through the vibration of the device, and the degree value of senses indicating a degree of the senses provided to the user through the vibration of the device;

displaying at least one adjective words and the degree value of senses corresponding to the adjective words;

receiving at least one user input for selecting an adjective word among the displayed adjective words; and

generating, by the device, at least one vibration having the at least one fundamental frequency, the at least one fundamental frequency being based on the selected adjective word and the degree value of senses corresponding to the selected adjective word, according to the setting,

wherein a certain adjective word comprises a first adjective word and a second adjective word, and

wherein the setting of the at least one fundamental frequency comprises;

setting at least one overlap ratio;

acquiring relationship information between a degree value of the first adjective word, a degree value of the second adjective word, and the fundamental frequency; and

acquiring relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the degree value of the second adjective word, and the overlap ratio.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user input for inputting a degree value of a perceived intensity; and

modulating an amplitude of the at least one vibration based on the input degree value of the perceived intensity.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the receiving of the at least one user input comprises receiving a first degree value of the first adjective word and a second degree value of the second adjective word that are input by the at least one user input, and

wherein the generating of the at least one vibration comprises:

determining a fundamental frequency and an overlap ratio corresponding to the first degree value and the second degree value based on the acquired relationship information; and

generating the at least one vibration based on the determined fundamental frequency and the determined overlap ratio.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein the fundamental frequency is a smallest one of a first frequency and a second frequency, and

wherein the overlap ratio is a value obtained by dividing a greatest one of the first frequency and the second frequency by the fundamental frequency.

5. The method of claim 1,

wherein the relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the degree value of the second adjective word, and the fundamental frequency is acquired from relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the fundamental frequency, and the overlap ratio, and relationship information between the degree value of the second adjective word, the fundamental frequency, and the overlap ratio.

6. The method of claim 1,

wherein the relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the degree value of the second adjective word, and the overlap ratio is acquired from relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the fundamental frequency, and the overlap ratio, and relationship information between the degree value of the second adjective word, the fundamental frequency, and the overlap ratio.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the modulating of the amplitude of the at least one vibration comprises:

acquiring relationship information about a frequency, an amplitude, and a perceived intensity; and

modulating the amplitude of the at least one vibration based on the acquired relationship information about the frequency, the amplitude, and the perceiving intensity.

8. A device for generating a vibration based on an adjective word, the device comprising:

at least one processor configured to set for each of a plurality of adjective words, at least one fundamental frequency and a degree value of senses corresponding to an adjective word, the adjective words indicating senses provided to a user through the vibration of the device, and the degree value of senses indicating a degree of the senses provided to the user through the vibration of the device;

control to display at least one adjective words and the degree value of senses corresponding to the adjective words;

a user input unit configured to receive at least one user input for selecting an adjective word among the displayed adjective words; and

a vibration generator configured to generate at least one vibration having the at least one fundamental frequency, the at least one fundamental frequency being based on the selected adjective word and the degree value of senses corresponding to the selected adjective word, according to the setting,

wherein a certain adjective word comprises a first adjective word and a second adjective word, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to;

set at least one overlap ratio,

acquire relationship information between a degree value of the first adjective word, a degree value of the second adjective word, and the fundamental frequency, and

acquire relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the degree value of the second adjective word, and the overlap ratio.

9. The device of claim 8,

wherein the user input unit is further configured to receive a user input for inputting a degree value of a perceived intensity, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to modulate an amplitude of the at least one vibration based on the input degree value of the perceived intensity.

10. The device of claim 8,

wherein the user input unit is further configured to receive a first degree value of the first adjective word and a second degree value of the second adjective word, the first and second adjective words being input by the at least one user input,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to determine a fundamental frequency and an overlap ratio corresponding to the first degree value and the second degree value based on the acquired relationship information, and

wherein the vibration generator is further configured to generate the at least one vibration based on the determined fundamental frequency and the determined overlap ratio.

11. The device of claim 8,

wherein the fundamental frequency is a smallest one of a first frequency and a second frequency, and

wherein the overlap ratio is a value obtained by dividing a greatest one of the first frequency and the second frequency by the fundamental frequency.

12. The device of claim 8,

wherein the relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the degree value of the second adjective word, and the fundamental frequency is acquired from relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the fundamental frequency, and the overlap ratio, and relationship information between the degree value of the second adjective word, the fundamental frequency, and the overlap ratio.

13. The device of claim 8,

wherein the relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the degree value of the second adjective word, and the overlap ratio is acquired from relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the fundamental frequency, and the overlap ratio, and relationship information between the degree value of the second adjective word, the fundamental frequency, and the overlap ratio.

14. The device of claim 9, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

acquire relationship information about a frequency, an amplitude, and a perceiving intensity, and

modulate the amplitude of the at least one vibration based on the acquired relationship information about the frequency, the amplitude, and the perceiving intensity.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores one or more programs including instructions that, when executed by a computer, causes at least one processor to perform a method for generating a vibration by a device based on an adjective word, the method comprising:

setting, by the at least one processor, for each of a plurality of adjective words, at least one fundamental frequency and a degree value of senses corresponding to an adjective word, the adjective words indicating senses provided to a user through the vibration of the device, and the degree value of senses indicating a degree of the senses provided to the user through the vibration of the device;

displaying at least one adjective words and the degree value of senses corresponding to the adjective words;

receiving at least one user input for selecting an adjective word among the displayed adjective words; and

generating, by the device, at least one vibration having the at least one fundamental frequency, the at least one fundamental frequency being based on the selected adjective word and the degree value of senses corresponding to the selected adjective word, according to the setting,

wherein a certain adjective word comprises a first adjective word and a second adjective word, and

wherein the setting of the at least one fundamental frequency comprises;

setting at least one overlap ratio;

acquiring relationship information between a degree value of the first adjective word, a degree value of the second adjective word, and the fundamental frequency; and

acquiring relationship information between the degree value of the first adjective word, the degree value of the second adjective word, and the overlap ratio.