Tactile sense transmission device and tactile sense transmission method
AssigneeTDK Corporation
InventorTakashi Kato
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Abstract
A tactile sense transmission device includes an input unit configured to generate a voltage according to a pressing force generated by contact and generate a signal based on the generated voltage; a relay unit configured to relay the signal from the input unit and adjust a value of the signal; and an output unit configured to output vibration based on the signal relayed by the relay unit. The input unit is configured by a piezoelectric sensor including a piezoelectric element, and the output unit is configured by a vibrator including a piezoelectric element and vibrating based on the signal.
Claims6
A tactile sense transmission device comprising:
- an input unit configured to generate a voltage according to a pressing force generated by contact and generate a signal based on the generated voltage;
- a relay configured to relay the signal from the input unit and adjust a value of the signal;
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- an output unit configured to output vibration based on the signal relayed by the relay, wherein
- the input unit is configured by a piezoelectric sensor including a piezoelectric element,
- the output unit is configured by a vibrator including a piezoelectric element and vibrating based on the signal,
- the signal generated by the input unit is a tactile sense signal based on contact between the piezoelectric sensor and another object, and
- in the output unit, a tactile sense due to contact between the piezoelectric sensor and the another object is restored based on the tactile sense signal.
A tactile sense transmission method comprising:
- generating a voltage according to a pressing force generated by contact and generating a signal based on the generated voltage in an input unit configured by a piezoelectric sensor including a piezoelectric element;
- relaying the signal from the input unit and adjusting a value of the signal in a relay;
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- outputting vibration based on the signal relayed by the relay in an output unit configured by a vibrator including a piezoelectric element, wherein:
- the signal generated by the input unit is a tactile sense signal based on contact between the piezoelectric sensor and another object, and
- in the output unit, a tactile sense due to contact between the piezoelectric sensor and the another object is restored based on the tactile sense signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.