Interactive body suit and interactive limb covers

A system for creating a touch sensation to a user of a software program supported by a computer comprising:

• a snug fitting garment covering a portion of a person's body;
• a plurality of logic addressable electric-powered oscillating motors embedded into the garment covering a sector of said body;
• a high-speed control interface with a logic address link to each of the oscillating motors, said control interface connected to said computer, and said computer receiving an information packet containing a logic address designating one or more of the oscillating motors;
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• said software program supported by said computer translates data inputs into the logic address of one or more of the oscillating motors using the high-speed control interface to activate the one or more motors in said sector that corresponds to a particular desired touch sensation on one or more contact points within that sector to support multiple modes of operation depending on the user type, said multiple modes comprising a first mode that generates a high order data bit output that activates multiple embedded motors covering an addressed area of the body and a second mode that generates a low order data bit output that activates a single embedded motor covering an addressed point of the body.

A method for generating a touch sensation to a person using a computer application comprising the steps of:

• providing a snug fitting garment covering a portion of the body of said person;
• embedding a plurality of electric-powered oscillating motors in the garment covering said portion of the body;
• providing a logic addressable link to each of the oscillating motors using a high-speed control interface connected to the computer application;
• generating an information packet containing logic address data designating one or more of the oscillating motors to activate on a computer using the computer application;
• transmitting the logic address data to the high-speed control interface;
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• decoding the logic address data using a first circuit in the high-speed control interface to activate the designated oscillating motors to provide multiple modes of operation depending on the type of software application, said multiple modes comprising a first mode that generates a high order data bit output that activates multiple embedded motors and a second mode that generates a low order data bit output that activates a single embedded motor, and said first circuit comprising two or more 4×16-bit decoders to generate both high order binary data outputs for activating multiple embedded motors and low order binary data outputs for activating a single embedded motor, said high order and said low order bits decoded from a single binary number, wherein an at least 8-bit binary data input can generate at least 16 high order data outputs and at least 225 unique low order binary data outputs which are mapped to the human body.