Tactile display control

1. A method for controlling a tactile display, comprising:

receiving image information, with a receiver, related to a tactile image;

determining, with a processor, a top hierarchical area of the display corresponding to the image information;

determining, with the processor, a sub-hierarchical area of the display within the top hierarchical area corresponding to the image information; and

transmitting a signal, with a transmitter, to a tactile display based on the determined sub-hierarchical area, wherein the tactile display is adapted to activate a toxel in the sub-hierarchical area of the tactile display in response to the transmitted signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of toxels in the sub-hierarchical area of the tactile display are activated in response to the transmitted signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the top hierarchical areas include a plurality of sub-hierarchical areas within the top hierarchical area.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining, with the processor, increasingly smaller hierarchical areas until a largest area of the body that includes a location to receive the signal is determined.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hierarchical areas are defined by zones including one or more of discrete body parts and/or a portion of the body parts and wherein the sub-hierarchical areas are defined by segments including a sub-portion of the discrete body parts and/or the portion of body parts.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising alternating zones and segment data blocks, with the processor, to determine the location to receive the signal.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein zone data blocks are defined to match areas of the body that are expected to receive the same signal frequently relative to other areas of the body.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining a sub-hierarchical area of the display corresponding to the image information comprises using at least one logical function.

9. A system for tactile data conveyance of fractal hierarchy touch mapping information, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive image information related to a tactile image;

a processor configured to:

determine a top hierarchical area of the display corresponding to the image information, and

determine a sub-hierarchical area of the display within the top hierarchical area corresponding to the image information; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a signal to a tactile display based on the determined sub-hierarchical area to activate a toxel in the sub-hierarchical area of the tactile display.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to activate a plurality of toxels in the sub-hierarchical area in response to the transmitted signal.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the top hierarchical areas include a plurality of sub-hierarchical areas within the top hierarchical area.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine increasingly smaller hierarchical areas until a largest area of the body that includes the location to receive the signal is determined.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein the hierarchical areas are defined by zones including one or more of discrete body parts and/or a portion of the body parts and wherein the sub-hierarchical areas are defined by segments including a sub-portion of the discrete body parts and/or the portion of body parts.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to use alternating zone data blocks and segment data blocks to determine the location to receive the signal.

15. A computer-accessible medium containing executable instructions thereon, wherein when a processor executes the instructions, the processor is configured to:

receive image information related to a tactile image;

determine a top hierarchical area of the display corresponding to the image information;

determine a sub-hierarchical area of the display within the top hierarchical area corresponding to the image information; and

transmit a signal to a tactile display based on the determined sub-hierarchical area, wherein the transmitted signal is arranged to activate a toxel in the sub-hierarchical area of the tactile display.

16. The computer-accessible medium of claim 15 , wherein a plurality of toxels in the sub-hierarchical area in response to the transmitted signal.

17. The computer-accessible medium of claim 15 , wherein the top hierarchical areas include a plurality of sub-hierarchical areas within the top hierarchical area.

18. The computer-accessible medium of claim 17 , further comprising, using the processing arrangement, determining increasingly smaller hierarchical areas until a largest area of the body that includes the location to receive the signal is determined.

19. The computer-accessible medium of claim 18 , wherein when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is configured to use alternating zone and segment data blocks to determine the location to receive the signal.

20. The computer-accessible medium of claim 15 , wherein the hierarchical areas are defined by zones including one or more of discrete body parts and/or a portion of the body parts, wherein the sub-hierarchical areas are defined by segments including a sub-portion of the discrete body parts and/or the portion of body parts, and wherein the zones are defined to match areas of the body that are expected to receive the same signal frequently relative to other areas of the body.