Method and system for the generation and management of tactile commands for tactile sensation

1. A method for generating tactile sensation at an ultrasonic stimulation device, the method comprising:

receiving a first set of inputs from a 3 rd party subsystem, wherein the first set of inputs is associated with a set of digital objects in an immersive environment, wherein the first set of inputs comprises:

a mesh defining a set of surfaces associated with the set of digital objects;

a first set of locations associated with the mesh;

receiving a second set of inputs from a tracking subsystem, wherein the second set of inputs comprises a second set of locations associated with a hand of the user;

defining a set of virtual contact points between the set of digital objects and the hand of the user based on an overlap between the first and second sets of locations;

determining a set of stimulation parameters associated with the set of virtual contact points; and

operating a set of transducers of the ultrasonic stimulation device based on the set of stimulation parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising defining a second set of virtual contacts points based on a third set of inputs received from the 3 rd party subsystem and a fourth set of inputs received from the tracking subsystem, wherein the second set of virtual contact points is defined after a time delay has passed relative to defining the first set of virtual contact points.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the time delay is determined based on a predetermined frame rate associated with the method.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein in response to defining the set of virtual contact points, determining an order associated with the set of virtual contact points, wherein the set of stimulation parameters comprises a set of temporal parameters associated with the set of transducers and wherein the set of temporal parameters is determined based on the order.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of virtual contact points is a subset of the first set of locations.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of virtual contact points is a subset of the second set of locations.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of locations is associated with a predetermined set of anatomical landmarks associated with the hand of the user.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined set of anatomical landmarks comprises a set of fingertips of the hand of the user.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first subset of inputs further comprises for a digital object of the set of digital objects, a tactile effect assignment associated with the digital object.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the tactile effect assignment prescribes a set of dynamic features associated with at least a subset of the first set of locations.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of locations is the same as a set of vertices defining the mesh.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising interpolating the mesh to have a higher resolution, wherein the first set of locations is determined based on the interpolated mesh.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising representing the mesh with a parametric equation, wherein the first set of locations is determined based on the parametric equation.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first subset of inputs further comprises a tactile effect assignment for a tactile effect, wherein the tactile effect assignment is associated with a third set of locations and defines a set of temporal features associated with the third set of locations.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the third set of locations defines a plane.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising triggering the tactile effect in response to an overlap between the third set of locations and the second set of locations.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of stimulation parameters comprises a set of phase values associated with the set of transducers, wherein the set of phase values is determined with a beamforming algorithm.

18. A system for generating tactile sensation at an ultrasonic stimulation device, the system comprising:

an ultrasonic stimulation device comprising a set of ultrasonic transducers;

a computing subsystem in communication with the ultrasonic stimulation device and a tracking subsystem, wherein the computing subsystem:

receives a first subset of inputs from a 3 rd party subsystem, wherein the first subset of inputs comprises a first set of locations defining tactile content in an immersive environment;

receives a second subset of inputs from the tracking subsystem, wherein the second subset of inputs comprises a second set of locations associated with the user;

defines a set of virtual contact points between the tactile content and the user based on an overlap between the first and second sets of locations;

determines a set of stimulation parameters for the set of ultrasonic transducers based on the set of virtual contact points and a beamforming algorithm; and

transmits a set of commands determined based on the set of stimulation parameters to a driver subsystem of the set of ultrasonic transducers;

a driver subsystem in communication with the computing subsystem, wherein the driver subsystem operates the set of ultrasonic transducers based on the set of commands.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein at least a portion of the computing subsystem is arranged remote from the ultrasonic stimulation device.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein at least a portion of the computing subsystem is arranged onboard the ultrasonic stimulation device.

21. The system of claim 18 , wherein the tactile content comprises a digital object having a surface defined by a mesh, wherein the first set of locations is determined based on a set of vertices of the mesh.

22. The system of claim 18 , wherein the tactile content comprises a tactile effect defined at the first set of locations, wherein the first set of locations defines a geometric shape.

23. The system of claim 18 , wherein the geometric shape is a plane.