US 10,699,538 B2Granted

Method and system for determining and providing sensory experiences

AssigneeNeoSensory, Inc.

InventorsScott D. Novich, David M. Eagleman

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Loading patent…

Abstract

A method including: receiving a music input; determining values of musical parameters based on the input; generating a spatial representation of the music input based on the values; and at a plurality of haptic actuators defining a spatial distribution, cooperatively producing a haptic output based on the spatial representation. A method including: mechanically coupling haptic actuators defining a multidimensional array to a user; receiving a music input; generating a spatial representation of the music input defined on a multidimensional space, wherein the multidimensional space and the multidimensional array have equal dimensionality; and, for each haptic actuator: based on the haptic actuator location within the multidimensional array, determining a corresponding location within the multidimensional space; based on a value of the spatial representation associated with the corresponding location, determining an actuation intensity; and controlling the haptic actuator to actuate based on the actuation intensity.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

receiving a music input;
based on the music input;
determining a first set of values of a primary musical parameter, wherein the primary musical parameter is an energy parameter, and wherein the primary musical parameter is associated with a first direction of a multidimensional array of haptic actuators;
determining a second set of values of a secondary musical parameter different than the primary musical parameter, wherein the secondary musical parameter is a musical frequency parameter associated with a second direction of the multidimensional array of haptic actuators different than the first direction, wherein each value of the second set of values is different from the remaining values in the second set of values, and wherein each value of the second set of values is associated with a value of the first set of values;
based on the first set of values and the second set of values, generating a mapping of the music input to at least a subset of haptic actuators of the multidimensional array of haptic actuators, wherein the subset of haptic actuators comprises multiple haptic actuators, and wherein generating the mapping comprises, for each haptic actuator of the subset of haptic actuators:
determining a subset of second values associated with the haptic actuator;
determining a placement along the second direction based on the subset of second values;
determining a subset of first values associated with the subset of second values and associated with the haptic actuator;
determining a placement along the first direction based on the subset of first values;
assigning a vibration intensity to the haptic actuator based on a single first value of a subset of first values, wherein the single first value is the maximum first value of the subset of first values;
and
at the subset of haptic actuators, cooperatively producing a haptic output based on the mapping.

9 more elements

A method comprising:

mechanically coupling a plurality of haptic actuators to a user, the haptic actuators substantially defining a multidimensional array, wherein the plurality of haptic actuators is mechanically coupled to a wearable garment and arranged with a density of at least 5 haptic actuators per centimeter squared;
receiving a music input;
based on the music input:
determining a first set of values of a primary musical parameter, wherein the primary musical parameter is an energy parameter;
and
determining a second set of values of a secondary musical parameter different than the primary musical parameter, wherein the secondary musical parameter is a musical frequency parameter, wherein each value of the second set of values is different from the remaining values in the second set of values, and wherein each value of the second set of values is associated with a value of the first set of values;
based on the first set of values, the second set of values and a characterization of the user, generating a mapping of the music input to the multidimensional array, wherein generating the mapping comprises:
for each haptic actuator of the plurality of haptic actuators:
based on a respective location of the haptic actuator within the multidimensional array, determining a subset of second values associated with the haptic actuator;
assigning a vibration intensity to the haptic actuator based on a single first value of a subset of first values, wherein the single first value is the maximum first value of the subset of first values, wherein the subset of first values is associated with the subset of second values;
and
controlling the plurality of haptic actuators to actuate based on the mapping.

9 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/661,934Filed 27 Jul 2017 · us provisional application
Priority: 27 Jul 2016
Published: US 2018/0033263 A11 Feb 2018
Granted: 30 Jun 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

G08B 6/00
Tactile signalling systems
G06F 3/016
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: input arrangements with force or tactile…
G10H 1/045
Continuous modulation: by electromechanical means
G10H 3/26
Incorporating feedback means, e.g. acoustic: using electric feedback