# US 2024/0201786 A1 · Tactile sensation generation device, tactile sensation generation method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0201786 A1 - Document ID: US20240201786A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/595,835 - Filed: 2024-03-05 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-17 - Assignees: JVCKENWOOD Corporation - Applicants: JVCKENWOOD Corporation - Inventors: Tomoyuki SHISHIDO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240201786A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user} - G06F 3/01: Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer (G06F3/16 takes precedence) - G06F 3/011: {Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00)} - G06F 3/014: {Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves} - G06F 3/0346: with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a three-dimensional [3D] space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract In one embodiment, a device includes a posture information generation unit configured to generate posture information representing a posture of a wearing part of a wearer of a vibration element, a fluid direction information acquisition unit configured to acquire fluid direction information representing a direction of a flow of a fluid in a virtual space and fluid speed information representing a speed of the fluid flow in the virtual space, a comparison unit configured to compare the posture information with the fluid direction information, and a vibration control unit configured to control vibration of the vibration element based on a result of a comparison by the comparison unit. After the vibration control unit calculates a time difference based on the fluid speed information and vibrates a first vibration element, the vibration control unit vibrates a second vibration element spaced apart from the first vibration element, with the time difference. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A tactile sensation generation device comprising: a posture information generation unit configured to generate posture information representing a posture of a wearing part of a wearer of a vibration element; a fluid direction information acquisition unit configured to acquire fluid direction information representing a direction of a flow of a fluid in a virtual space and fluid speed information representing a speed of the flow of the fluid in the virtual space; a comparison unit configured to compare the posture information of the wearing part with the fluid direction information; and a vibration control unit configured to control vibration of the vibration element based on a result of a comparison by the comparison unit, wherein after the vibration control unit calculates a time difference based on the fluid speed information and vibrates a first vibration element, the vibration control unit vibrates a second vibration element, which is spaced apart from the first vibration element, with the time difference. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The tactile sensation generation device according to claim 1, wherein the vibration control unit calculates the time difference based on a distance between the first vibration element and the second vibration element and the fluid speed information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The tactile sensation generation device according to claim 1, wherein the posture information generation unit acquires a velocity vector of the vibration element, and the comparison unit compares the fluid direction information and the fluid speed information with the velocity vector of the vibration element. ### Claim 4 A tactile sensation generation method being executed by a tactile sensation generation device, the tactile sensation generation method comprising: a posture information generation step of generating posture information representing a posture of a wearing part of a wearer of a vibration element; a fluid direction information acquisition step of acquiring fluid direction information representing a direction of a flow of a fluid in a virtual space and fluid speed information representing a speed of the flow of the fluid in the virtual space; a comparison step of comparing the posture information of the wearing part with the fluid direction information; and a vibration control step of controlling vibration of the vibration element based on a result of a comparison, wherein in the vibration control step, after a time difference is calculated based on the fluid speed information and a first vibration element is vibrated, a second vibration element, which is spaced apart from the first vibration element, is vibrated with the time difference. ### Claim 5 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program, the program causing a computer to execute a method, the method including: a posture information generation step of generating posture information representing a posture of a wearing part of a wearer of a vibration element; a fluid direction information acquisition step of acquiring fluid direction information representing a direction of a flow of a fluid in a virtual space and fluid speed information representing a speed of the flow of the fluid in the virtual space; a comparison step of comparing the posture information of the wearing part with the fluid direction information; and a vibration control step of controlling vibration of the vibration element based on a result of a comparison, wherein in the vibration control step, after a time difference is calculated based on the fluid speed information and a first vibration element is vibrated, a second vibration element, which is spaced apart from the first vibration element, is vibrated with the time difference.