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US 12,717,416 B2Granted
System for modifying and providing tactile stimulation
AssigneeBhaptics Inc.
InventorKi Uk Gwak
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Abstract
A tactile stimulation providing system includes: a tactile stimulation pattern generating apparatus for generating a tactile stimulation pattern through a user interface including a plurality of virtual actuators to which positions of a plurality of actuators are mapped; and a tactile stimulation providing apparatus including the plurality of actuators, the tactile stimulation providing apparatus driving the plurality of actuators according to the generated tactile stimulation pattern.
Claims12
A tactile stimulation providing apparatus comprising:
- a base band having an upper surface and including a first detachable member at the upper surface and adjacent to one end of the base band;
- a plurality of actuators on the base band;
- an auxiliary band overlapping the upper surface of the base band and adjacent to the other end of the base band;
- and
- a controller case fixed to the auxiliary band,
- wherein the controller case overlaps at least some of the plurality of actuators, and
- wherein the auxiliary band is a layer between the controller case and at least some of the plurality of actuators.
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A tactile stimulation providing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of actuators;
- a base band having the plurality of actuators located thereon, the base band including a first detachable member at an upper surface of the base band and adjacent to one end of the base band;
- an auxiliary band overlapping the upper surface of the base band and adjacent to the other end of the base band;
- a ring located at the other end of the base band;
- a controller case fixed to the auxiliary band,
- a plurality of caps accommodating the plurality of actuators to be located on a lower surface of the base band, the plurality of caps being exposed to the outside;
- and
- a plurality of bases fixing the plurality of caps to the base band at the opposite side of the plurality of caps,
- wherein the controller case overlaps at least some of the plurality of actuators,
- wherein the auxiliary band separates the controller case from the at least some of the plurality of actuators located at the base band,
- wherein the base band further includes a second detachable member located between the first detachable member and an edge of the one end, the second detachable member being attachable/detachable to/from the first detachable member, and
- wherein the shape of the ring corresponds to that of the one end of the base band.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.