Apparatus and method for providing haptics of image
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoon-sang Kim, Byung-seok Soh, Jun-il Sohn
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Abstract
An apparatus for and method of providing haptics of an image displayed through an image unit. The apparatus includes: a touch unit checking whether a user has touched a portion of the displayed image, and searching for a position of the portion when the user touches the portion; and a magnetic force changing unit changing magnetic forces in response to haptic information corresponding to the position and expressing the changed magnetic forces through the image unit. The haptics of the portion are provided through the change of the expressed magnetic forces.
Claims27
An apparatus for providing haptics of an image displayed through an image unit, comprising:
- a touch unit checking whether a user has touched a portion of the displayed image, and searching for a position of the portion when the user touches the portion;
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- a magnetic force changing unit changing magnetic forces in response to haptic information corresponding to the position and expressing the changed magnetic forces through the image unit,
- wherein haptics of the portion are provided through the change of the expressed magnetic forces.
A method of providing haptics of an image displayed through an image unit, comprising:
- checking whether a user touches a desired portion of an image displayed in the image unit, and searching for a position of the portion;
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- changing magnetic forces according to haptic information corresponding to the searched position and expressing the changed magnetic forces through the image unit,
- wherein haptics of the portion are provided to the user through the change of the expressed magnetic forces.
An image haptics providing apparatus, comprising:
- a touch unit determining whether a user has touched a portion of a displayed image displayed on an image unit and determining a position of the touched portion;
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- a magnetic force changing unit selecting haptic information corresponding to the determined position among input haptic information and communicating magnetic forces changed in response to the selected haptic information through the image unit.
An image unit comprising:
- a display module displaying an image;
- an upper magnetic force unit above the display module and including a plurality of electromagnetic cells changing magnetic forces in response to an upper magnetic force control signal;
- a lower magnetic force unit under the upper magnetic force unit and including a plurality of electromagnetic cells changing magnetic forces in response to a lower magnetic force control signal;
- a touch unit determining whether a user has touched a portion of a displayed image and searching for a position of the touched portion;
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- a magnetic force changing unit selecting haptic information corresponding to the position and generating the upper and lower magnetic force control signals using analyzed results to communicate the haptic information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.