Temperature stimulus presentaton device and method
AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorsArinobu NIIJIMA, Toki TAKEDA, Takafumi MUKOUCHI, Takashi SATO
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Abstract
A device includes: a Peltier element 10 that presents a temperature stimulus; and a temperature stimulus control unit 20 that cause the Peltier element 10 to generate a cold stimulus or a hot stimulus by receiving an input of type information which represents the type of information to be notified of and switching the direction of a current that flows through the Peltier element 10 in correspondence with the type information.
Claims6
A temperature stimulus presentation device comprising:
- a Peltier element, including one or more processors, configured to present a temperature stimulus;
- and
- a temperature stimulus control unit, including one or more processors, configured to cause the Peltier element to generate a cold stimulus or a hot stimulus by receiving an input of type information which represents a type of information to be notified of and switching a direction of a current that flows through the Peltier element in correspondence with the type information.
The temperature stimulus presentation device according to claim, further comprising
- an information reception unit, including one or more processors, configured to receive the type information, wherein
- the Peltier element is disposed so as to contact a human skin.
A temperature stimulus presentation method employed by a temperature stimulus presentation device, comprising:
- a reception step of receiving type information which represents a type of information to be notified of;
- and
- a temperature stimulus control step of causing a Peltier element to generate a cold stimulus or a hot stimulus by switching a direction of a current that flows through the Peltier element in accordance with whether or not the type information represents a notification with high urgency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.