Wearable device for providing haptic feedback and operation method thereof
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDongseop Lee, Hakjung Kim, Hyoungsu Kim
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Abstract
A method, performed by a wearable device, of providing haptic feedback to a user is provided. The method includes obtaining profile data of the user, obtaining biometric data of the user by using one or more biosensors, calculating, based on the profile data and the biometric data of the user, a target contact pressure to be applied to a body of the user by one or more haptic actuators, measuring a current contact pressure applied to the body of the user by the one or more haptic actuators by using one or more pressure sensors, and adjusting the current contact pressure of the one or more haptic actuators based on the current contact pressure and the target contact pressure.
Claims20
A wearable device for providing haptic feedback, the wearable device comprising:
- a sensor configured to obtain a plurality of types of sensor data, the sensor including:
- one or more biosensors configured to obtain biometric data of a user, and
- one or more pressure sensors configured to obtain data regarding a contact pressure applied to a body of the user by one or more haptic actuators;
- the one or more haptic actuators configured to provide haptic feedback to the user;
- memory, comprising one or more storage media, storing instructions;
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- one or more processors communicatively coupled to the sensor and the memory,
- wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to:
- obtain profile data of the user,
- obtain the biometric data of the user from the one or more biosensors,
- calculate, based on the profile data and the biometric data of the user, a target contact pressure to be applied to the body of the user by the one or more haptic actuators,
- measure a current contact pressure applied to the body of the user by the one or more haptic actuators by using the one or more pressure sensors,
- adjust the current contact pressure of the one or more haptic actuators based on the current contact pressure and the target contact pressure by controlling the one or more haptic actuators to be in contact with the user's body based on the current contact pressure and the target contact pressure, and
- provide, using the one or more haptic actuators having the adjusted contact pressure, haptic feedback to the user,
- wherein the wearable device includes physical structures capable of adjusting a position of the one or more haptic actuators to be closer to or farther away from the user's body.
A method, performed by a wearable device, of providing haptic feedback, the method comprising:
- obtaining profile data of a user;
- obtaining biometric data of the user by using one or more biosensors;
- calculating, based on the profile data and the biometric data of the user, a target contact pressure to be applied to a body of the user by one or more haptic actuators;
- measuring a current contact pressure applied to the body of the user by the one or more haptic actuators by using one or more pressure sensors;
- adjusting the current contact pressure of the one or more haptic actuators based on the current contact pressure and the target contact pressure by adjusting, using physical structures of the wearable device, a position of the one or more haptic actuators to be closer to or farther away from the user's body so as to be in contact with the user's body;
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- providing, using the one or more haptic actuators having the adjusted contact pressure, haptic feedback to the user.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable recording media storing one or more computer programs including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wearable device individually or collectively, cause the wearable device to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- obtaining profile data of a user;
- obtaining biometric data of the user by using one or more biosensors;
- calculating, based on the profile data and the biometric data of the user, a target contact pressure to be applied to a body of the user by one or more haptic actuators;
- measuring a current contact pressure applied to the body of the user by the one or more haptic actuators by using one or more pressure sensors;
- adjusting the current contact pressure of the one or more haptic actuators based on the current contact pressure and the target contact pressure by adjusting, using physical structures of the wearable device, a position of the one or more haptic actuators to be closer to or farther away from the user's body so as to be in contact with the user's body;
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- providing, using the one or more haptic actuators having the adjusted contact pressure, haptic feedback to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.