Wearable sound
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” or one or more straps comprising a set of motors 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.
Claims7
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 article (40, S1-S6);
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- a network of a plurality of vibratory motors (M1-M4) incorporated into the wearable article, 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 article.
A method for transforming audio information to a haptic language expressed through a wearable article, including a vest or one or more straps, 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 article, wherein the plurality of electrical driving signals generated by the signal processor are used to drive the plurality of electrical vibratory motors according to a predefined mapping of audio signals comprising portions of said audio input to a plurality of different regions of the wearable article.
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