Haptic presentation apparatus, haptic presentation method, and vehicle
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsAkira ONO, Hironobu ABE, Akihito NISHIIKE
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Abstract
A haptic presentation apparatus includes a deformable flexible layer that has flexibility, the flexible layer including a front surface that is exposed to be touchable by a user; a specification layer that specifies a shape of the flexible layer, the specification layer including a front surface that faces a back surface of the flexible layer; and a haptic generation unit that faces a back surface of the specification layer, the haptic generation unit being moved to a position that corresponds to a touch portion of the flexible layer that is a portion touched by the user, the haptic generation unit deforming the touch portion of the flexible layer.
Claims13
A haptic presentation apparatus, comprising:
- a deformable flexible layer that has flexibility, the flexible layer including a front surface that is exposed to be touchable by a user;
- a specification layer that specifies a shape of the flexible layer, the specification layer including a front surface that faces a back surface of the flexible layer;
- and
- a haptic generation unit that faces a back surface of the specification layer, the haptic generation unit being moved to a position that corresponds to a touch portion of the flexible layer that is a portion touched by the user, the haptic generation unit deforming the touch portion of the flexible layer.
A haptic presentation method that is performed by a haptic presentation apparatus that includes
- a deformable flexible layer that has flexibility, the flexible layer including a front surface that is exposed to be touchable by a user,
- a specification layer that specifies a shape of the flexible layer, the specification layer including a front surface that faces a back surface of the flexible layer, and
- a haptic generation unit,
- the haptic presentation method comprising:
- moving the haptic generation unit facing a back surface of the specification layer to a position that corresponds to a touch portion of the flexible layer that is a portion touched by the user;
- and
- deforming the touch portion of the flexible layer using the haptic generation unit.
A vehicle, comprising
- a haptic presentation apparatus that includes
- a deformable flexible layer that has flexibility, the flexible layer including a front surface that is exposed to be touchable by a user,
- a specification layer that specifies a shape of the flexible layer, the specification layer including a front surface that faces a back surface of the flexible layer, and
- a haptic generation unit that faces a back surface of the specification layer, the haptic generation unit being moved to a position that corresponds to a touch portion of the flexible layer that is a portion touched by the user, the haptic generation unit deforming the touch portion of the flexible layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.