System and method for producing mid-air tactile stimulation
AssigneeEmerge Now Inc.
InventorsNathan E. Brummel, James D. Hamilton
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Abstract
A system for producing tactile stimulation includes a processing subsystem. Additionally or alternatively, the system can include a tactile device, input devices, and/or any other suitable components. A method for providing tactile stimulation includes receiving a set of waveform signals associated with a set of transducers; assigning a set of waveform parameters to the set of transducers based on the set of waveform signals; and controlling the set of transducers based on the set of waveform parameters. Additionally or alternatively, the method can include organizing the waveform signals into a set of groupings and/or any other suitable processes.
Claims19
A system for creating mid-air tactile stimulation, the system comprising:
- a tactile stimulation device comprising a set of multiple ultrasound transducers organized into a set of multiple groupings, wherein a first set of distances between the transducers within each grouping is maximized;
- a processing subsystem comprising:
- a dual memory architecture, wherein the dual memory architecture comprises:
- a first memory;
- and
- a second memory;
- a control subsystem comprising a transition controller, wherein the transition controller produces a transition signal in response to a trigger, wherein in response to the transition signal, the processing subsystem transmits information from the first memory to the second memory;
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- a driver subsystem in communication with the control subsystem and the set of multiple ultrasound transducers, wherein the driver subsystem implements the second memory at the set of multiple transducers.
A method for creating mid-air tactile stimulation at a tactile stimulation device comprising a set of multiple ultrasound transducers, the method comprising:
- organizing the set of multiple ultrasound transducers into a set of multiple groupings that maximize a set of distances between the transducers within each grouping;
- receiving a new set of signals associated with the set of multiple ultrasound transducers;
- storing information associated with the new set of signals at a first memory of a memory subsystem having a dual memory architecture;
- in response to a transition signal, replacing information associated with the current set of signals at a second memory of the memory subsystem with the information associated with the new set of signals;
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- implementing the second memory at the set of multiple ultrasound transducers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.