Device, system and method for mobile devices to communicate through skin response
OwnerLeigh M. Rothschildinventor
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for communicating to another user or users through skin response technology are provided. The present disclosure provides for receiving at least one message over a network by a mobile device; transmitting the received at least one message to a vibrotactile device configured to be worn on the skin of a user; converting, by the vibrotactile device, the transmitted at least one message into a predefined vibration pattern; and effecting the predefined vibration pattern onto the skin of a user by at least one actuating element of the vibrotactile device.
Claims19
A system for communicating a message to a user comprising:
- a mobile device including a communication module configured to receive at least one message over a network and a transmission module for transmitting the received at least one message to a tactual device;
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- the tactual device configured to be worn on a user, the tactual device including:
- a second transmission module for receiving the transmitted at least one message;
- a tactually perceivable predetermined set of patterns stored in memory that represent alphanumerical characters, words and phrases;
- a processor for converting the transmitted at least one message into a signal based on said set of patterns and a plurality of activation parameters:
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- a plurality of actuating elements that receive said signal and are selectively activated as required by said tactually perceivable patterns based on said plurality of activation parameters, and configured for effecting the converted message as tactual patterns perceivable by any part of the skin of a user where the tactual device was placed;
- each actuating element being located independently from each other.
A method for communicating a message to a user comprising:
- receiving at least one message over a network by a mobile device;
- transmitting the received at least one message to a tactual device worn by a user;
- converting, by the tactual device, the transmitted at least one message into a set of predetermined tactually perceivable patterns and a plurality of activation parameters that represent alphanumerical characters, words and phrases stored in memory;
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- a plurality of actuating elements selectively activated as required by said tactually perceivable patterns, based on said plurality of activation parameters, and configured for effecting the converted message as tactual patterns perceivable by any part of the skin of a user where the tactual device was placed;
- each actuating element being located independently from each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.