Sound vest
OwnerMick Ebeling, David Francis Putrino +2inventors
InventorsMick Ebeling, David Francis Putrino, Daniel Biscaro Loureiro, Patrick Hanlon
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Abstract
Vibratory motors are used to generate a haptic language for music or other sound that is integrated into wearable technology. The disclosed system enables the creation of a family of devices that allow people with hearing impairments to experience sounds such as music or other auditory input to the system. For example, a “sound vest” transforms musical input to haptic signals so that users can experience their favorite music in a unique way, and can also recognize auditory cues in the user's everyday environment and convey this information to the user using haptic signals.
Claims4
A system for transforming audio information to a haptic language, comprising:
- a signal processor (20) configured to receive an audio input (10) and simultaneously generate a plurality of electrical driving signals (30) according to a predefined mapping from audio signals comprising portions of said audio input to each of said plurality of electrical driving signals;
- a wearable vest (40);
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- a network of a plurality of vibratory motors (M1-M4) incorporated into the wearable vest, wherein the plurality of electrical driving signals generated by the signal processor are used to drive the plurality of vibratory motors according to a predefined mapping of audio signals comprising portions of said audio input to a plurality of different regions of the vest.
A method for transforming audio information to a haptic language expressed through a wearable vest, comprising:
- using a signal processor to receive an audio input and simultaneously generate a plurality of electrical driving signals according to a predefined mapping from audio signals comprising portions of said audio input to each of said plurality of electrical driving signals;
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- using the plurality of electrical driving signals to drive a network of a plurality of vibratory motors incorporated into the wearable vest, wherein the plurality of electrical driving signals are used to drive the plurality of vibratory motors according to a predefined mapping of audio signals comprising portions of said audio input to a plurality of different regions of the vest.
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