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US 2004/0104625 A1Published application
Bodily sensed vibration generator system
AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Wakuda, Takahiro Kawauchi
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AssigneeAlps Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Wakuda, Takahiro Kawauchi
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A vibration generator system is capable of generating vibrations of a frequency that can be bodily sensed by humans, notwithstanding a small size, and making setting of a configuration of vibrations easy. When a drive signal composed of a set of an accumulation signal and a damping signal is given as a natural frequency of a movable body, a vibrational waveform of the movable body makes an envelope. Since a frequency of the envelope is in a lower frequency band than the natural frequency of the movable body, humans can surely sense vibrations. When the number of and a current quantity of excitation signals and reverse excitation signals included in the accumulation signal are changed and the number of and a current quantity of inhibition signals and reverse inhibition signals included in the damping signal are changed, the envelope can be changed in frequency and amplitude, so that it becomes possible to generate a variety of vibrations.
A vibration generator system for vibrating a movable body according to a drive signal, wherein accumulation signals for excitation of the movable body to vibrations are included in the drive signal at intervals, and when the accumulation signals are given, the movable body perform motions to be excited, to damp thereafter, and to repeat such excitation and damping, and that changes in an envelope, which connects peaks of amplitude of the movable body when the vibrations are excited and damped, are obtained as vibrations of a lower frequency than a frequency of the vibrations.
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