Method and system for haptic stimulation
AssigneeNeoSensory, Inc.
InventorsDavid M. Eagleman, Michael V. Perrotta
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Abstract
A method for haptic stimulation includes any or all of: receiving an audio input; determining a set of parameters based on the audio input; determining a set of stimulation locations based on a collective set of energy parameters; assigning a vibration intensity to a set of one or more haptic actuators; and stimulating a user at the set of haptic locations based on the vibration intensities. A system for haptic stimulation includes an actuation subsystem having a set of actuators.
Claims19
A method for providing stimulation to a user at a haptic stimulation device configured to be worn at a body region of the user and having a set of actuators, the method comprising:
- receiving an audio input;
- determining an operation mode of the haptic stimulation device;
- determining a set of parameters based on the audio input, wherein the set of parameters comprises:
- a set of frequencies;
- and
- a set of energies, wherein each of the set of energies is associated with one of the set of frequencies;
- organizing the set of parameters into a set of groupings based on the set of frequencies;
- for each of the set of groupings:
- determining a maximum energy associated with the grouping;
- comparing the maximum energy with a set of thresholds;
- and
- in an event that the maximum energy does not meet at least one of the set of thresholds, eliminating the maximum energy from a set of maximum energies, wherein the set of maximum energies comprises the maximum energy associated with each grouping;
- determining a highest maximum energy in the set of maximum energies, wherein the highest maximum energy is associated with a 1st grouping of the set of groupings;
- determining a location associated with the body region based on the 1st grouping;
- prescribing a subset of the set of actuators based on the location;
- determining an actuation intensity for each of the subset of actuators based on the highest maximum energy;
- actuating the subset of actuators based on the actuation intensity for each of the subset.
A method for providing stimulation to a user at a haptic stimulation device having a set of actuators, the method comprising:
- receiving an audio input;
- determining an operation mode of the haptic stimulation device;
- determining a set of parameters based on the audio input, wherein the set of parameters comprises:
- a set of frequencies;
- and
- a set of energies;
- organizing the set of parameters into a set of groupings based on the set of frequencies;
- for each of the set of groupings:
- determining a maximum energy associated with the grouping;
- comparing the maximum energy with a set of thresholds;
- and
- determining a highest maximum energy based on the maximum energy associated with each grouping and the comparison of each maximum energy with the set of thresholds;
- determining a location for the stimulation based on the highest maximum energy;
- prescribing a subset of the set of actuators based on the location;
- determining an actuation intensity for each of the subset of actuators based on the highest maximum energy;
- actuating the subset of actuators based on the actuation intensity for each of the subset.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.