Method and system for haptic stimulation

1. A method for providing tactile stimulation to a user at a tactile stimulation device, the method comprising:

receiving an audio signal;

processing the audio signal to determine a set of parameters, the set of parameters comprising:

a set of frequencies;

a set of energies;

organizing the set of parameters based on the set of frequencies;

selecting a subset of energies from the set of energies based on the organized set of parameters;

refining the subset of energies based on a set of thresholds, wherein the set of thresholds comprises a tonality threshold;

determining a highest energy of the subset of energies, wherein the highest energy is selected from the refined subset of energies;

determining a location of the tactile stimulation based on the highest energy;

selecting a subset of actuators from the set of actuators of the tactile stimulation device based on the location; and

actuating the subset of actuators to produce the tactile stimulation.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a set of actuation intensities associated with the subset of actuators, wherein the subset of actuators is actuated based on the set of actuation intensities.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the set of actuation intensities is determined based on the highest energy.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the set of actuation intensities is further determined based on a ceiling value associated with the subset of actuators.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising, in response to actuating the subset of actuators, updating the ceiling value based on the highest energy.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein organizing the set of parameters based on the set of frequencies comprises organizing the set of parameters into a set of predetermined groupings based on the set of frequencies.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein each of the subset of energies is associated with a grouping of the set of groupings.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein each of the set of predetermined groupings is associated with a predetermined frequency range.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein refining the subset of energies based on the tonality threshold comprises eliminating energies from the subset of energies which have a tonality below the tonality threshold.

10. A system for providing tactile stimulation to a user, the system comprising:

a tactile stimulation device, the tactile stimulation device comprising:

a set of actuators onboard the tactile stimulation device;

an audio sensing device;

a processing subsystem coupled to the tactile stimulation device, the processing subsystem configured to:

receive an audio signal from the audio sensing device;

process the audio signal to determine a set of parameters, the set of parameters comprising:

a set of frequencies; and

a set of energies;

organize the set of parameters based on the set of frequencies;

select a subset of energies from the set of energies based on the organized set of parameters;

determine a highest energy of the subset of energies; and

select a subset of actuators from the set of actuators based on the highest energy;

determine a location of the tactile stimulation, wherein the subset of actuators is further determined based on the location and wherein the tactile stimulation is produced in accordance with an illusion-based haptic effect, wherein the location is a virtual location arranged between the subset of tactile actuators:

a control subsystem onboard the tactile stimulation device and in communication with the processing subsystem, wherein the control subsystem is configured to:

actuate the subset of actuators to produce the tactile stimulation.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing subsystem is arranged onboard the tactile stimulation device.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the processing subsystem is further configured to determine a set of actuation intensities for the subset of actuators based on the highest energy.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the set of actuation intensities is further determined based on a ceiling value associated with the subset of actuators.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein organizing the set of parameters based on the set of frequencies comprises organizing the set of parameters into a set of predetermined groupings based on the set of frequencies.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein each of the subset of energies is associated with a grouping of the set of predetermined groupings.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein each of the set of predetermined groupings is associated with a predetermined frequency range.