Haptic feedback device
A haptic feedback device includes an elastic glove body, at least one haptic feedback element, a flexible member, and a wire. The haptic feedback element is installed on the glove body. The flexible member is flexible and less elastic than the glove body. The flexible member is disposed between a back side and a palm side of the glove body. The wire is connected to the haptic feedback element and extends along the flexible member.
1. A haptic feedback device, comprising:
an elastic glove;
at least one haptic feedback element installed on the glove;
a flexible member that is less elastic than the glove, the flexible member being disposed between a back side and a palm side of the glove so that the flexible member fixes a finger of the glove in a pre-stretched state along an insertion direction of the finger, and the flexible member has a combination of strength and cross-section that prevent the flexible member from being buckled along the insertion direction of the finger due to contractile force from the pre-stretched state; and
a wire connected to the haptic feedback element and extending along the flexible member.
2. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible member prevents the glove from being stretched in a direction in which a finger of a hand inserted into the glove extends while the glove is being stretched by the hand inserted into the glove.
3. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible member allows a portion of the glove on which the haptic feedback element is disposed to be stretched while the glove is being stretched by a hand inserted into the glove.
4. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1 , wherein the flexible member includes a first connection portion that connects from a portion between a back side and a palm side of the glove to the haptic feedback element.
5. The haptic feedback device according to claim 2 , wherein the flexible member includes a first connection portion that connects from a portion between a back side and a palm side of the glove to the haptic feedback element.
6. The haptic feedback device according to claim 3 , wherein the flexible member includes a first connection portion that connects from a portion between a back side and a palm side of the glove a to the haptic feedback element.
7. The haptic feedback device according to claim 4 , wherein the wire is disposed on an area including the first connection portion.
8. The haptic feedback device according to claim 5 , wherein the wire is disposed on an area including the first connection portion.
9. The haptic feedback device according to claim 6 , wherein the wire is disposed on an area including the first connection portion.
10. The haptic feedback device according to claim 4 , wherein the first connection portion is fixed to the glove at only a portion between the back side and the palm side of the glove and a portion connected to the haptic feedback element.
11. The haptic feedback device according to claim 5 , wherein the first connection portion is fixed to the glove at only a portion between the back side and the palm side of the glove and a portion connected to the haptic feedback element.
12. The haptic feedback device according to claim 6 , wherein the first connection portion is fixed to the glove at only a portion between the back side and the palm side of the glove and a portion connected to the haptic feedback element.
13. The haptic feedback device according to claim 4 , wherein the first connection portion is left unfixed to the glove between a portion between the back side and the palm side of the glove and a portion connected to the haptic feedback element.
14. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one haptic feedback element includes a plurality of haptic feedback elements respectively disposed on fingers of the glove, and
wherein the flexible member includes a second connection portion extending from a portion between a back side and a palm side of the glove to a proximal end of one of the fingers apart from the portion between the back side and the palm side to be connected to a corresponding one of the haptic feedback elements.
15. The haptic feedback device according to claim 14 , wherein the wire is disposed on an area including the second connection portion.
16. The haptic feedback device according to claim 14 , wherein the second connection portion is fixed to the glove at only a portion between the back side and the palm side of the glove and the proximal end of the one of the fingers apart from the portion between the back side and the palm side.
17. The haptic feedback device according to claim 14 , wherein the second connection portion is left unfixed to the glove between a portion between the back side and the palm side of the glove and the proximal end of the one of the fingers apart from the portion between the back side and the palm side.
18. The haptic feedback device according to claim 14 , wherein the second connection portion is disposed at a portion excluding joints of a hand inserted into the glove.
19. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a controller that controls a driving signal output to the haptic feedback element, the controller being disposed on the back side of the glove.
20. The haptic feedback device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a controller that controls a driving signal output to the haptic feedback element, and the controller controls an output of an output signal in a reverse sawtooth wave form.