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US 9,286,774 B2Granted
Tactile sensation providing apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung-Won Moon, Soo Chul Lim, Joon Ah Park, Hyun Jeong Lee, Seung Ju Han
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Abstract
A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a tactile output unit configured to contact a part of a human body; a connection unit including a wire connected to the tactile output unit and made of a flexible and elastic material, and a tube enclosing the wire; and a driving unit to supply a driving force to the connection unit.
Claims27
A tactile sensation providing apparatus comprising:
- a tactile output unit comprising a contact surface to contact a part of a human body, wherein the tactile output unit further comprising a body portion comprising the contact surface and the tactile output unit further comprises a first frame to which the body portion is slidably mounted and which guides the body portion to move horizontally;
- a connection unit comprising a wire connected to the tactile output unit, and a tube enclosing the wire;
- and
- a driver configured to supply a driving force to the connection unit.
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A tactile sensation providing apparatus comprising:
- a tactile output unit comprising a movable part, wherein the tactile output unit further comprises a body portion comprising a contact surface to contact with a part of a human body, and a first frame to which the body portion is slidably mounted, wherein the body portion is guided by the first frame to move horizontally;
- a driver configured to generate a driving force for moving the movable part of the tactile output unit;
- and
- a connection unit configured to transmit the driving force of the driver to the tactile output unit and comprising a wire, and a tube enclosing the wire.
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A method to provide a tactical sensation to a user, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first force to a tactile output unit to project a wire from the tactile output unit in a first direction,
- transmitting a second force to the tactile output unit to move the wire in a second direction
- wherein the first direction comprises movement along a z-axis, and the second direction comprises movement along an x-axis,
- wherein the tactile output unit further comprises
- a body portion comprising a contact surface to contact with a part of a human body, and
- a first frame to which the body portion is slidably mounted,
- wherein the body portion is guided by the first frame to move in the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.