Method and system for the generation and management of tactile commands for tactile sensation
A system for the generation and management of tactile sensation includes a computing subsystem. A method for the generation and management of tactile sensation includes receiving a set of inputs and processing the set of inputs. Additionally or alternatively, the method 200 can include: communicating tactile commands to a tactile interface system; operating the tactile interface system based on the tactile commands; and/or performing any other suitable processes.
1. A system for generating tactile sensation with a stimulation device, the system comprising:
the stimulation device comprising a set of ultrasonic transducers;
a processing subsystem in communication with the stimulation device and a tracking subsystem, wherein the processing subsystem:
receives a first set of inputs, wherein the first set of inputs comprises a first set of locations associated with virtual content, the virtual content comprising moving virtual content, wherein the first set of locations is associated with a set of meshes defining at least a portion of the virtual content;
receives a second set of inputs from the tracking subsystem, wherein the second set of inputs comprises a second set of locations associated with the user;
determines a set of virtual contact regions between the virtual content and the user based on the first and second sets of locations; and
scales the mesh to optimize a size of the virtual content relative to an interaction volume of the stimulation device; and
a control subsystem in communication with the processing subsystem, wherein the control subsystem operates the set of ultrasonic transducers to produce mid-air ultrasonic stimulation based on the set of virtual contact regions.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the virtual content comprises a set of digital objects associated with an immersive environment.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second set of locations is further associated with a hand of the user.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the set of virtual contact regions comprises a set of virtual contact points.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the set of virtual contact regions is determined based on a set of proximity metrics, the set of proximity metrics determined based on comparing the first set of locations with the second set of locations.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the set of proximity metrics comprises an overlap metric.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first set of locations is associated with a set of surfaces, wherein the set of surfaces defines at least a portion of the virtual content.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the set of meshes define the set of surfaces.
9. A method for generating tactile sensation with a stimulation device, the method comprising:
receiving a first set of inputs associated with a set of moving digital objects;
scaling the set of moving digital objects to optimize a size of the set of moving digital objects relative to an interaction volume of the stimulation device;
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 user;
defining a set of virtual contact regions between the set of moving digital objects and the user based on the first and second sets of locations; and
operating a set of ultrasonic transducers of the stimulation device to produce mid-air ultrasonic stimulation based on the set of virtual contact regions.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the stimulation device is configured to produce ultrasonic stimulation.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the ultrasonic stimulation comprises mid-air ultrasonic stimulation.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first set of inputs is received from a third party subsystem.
13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the set of virtual contact regions is determined based on a set of proximity metrics, the set of proximity metrics determined based on comparing the first set of locations with the second set of locations.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the set of proximity metrics comprises an overlap metric.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the set of virtual contact regions comprises a set of virtual contact points.
16. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining a set of stimulation parameters based on the set of virtual contact regions.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the set of stimulation parameters comprises a selection of a subset of the set of transducers.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the set of stimulation parameters further comprises at least one of: a set of amplitudes associated with the subset of transducers, a set of frequencies associated with the subset of transducers, and a set of phase values associated with the subset of transducers.
19. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving an updated set of inputs associated with the set of moving digital objects;
receiving an updated set of inputs comprising an updated set of locations associated with the user from the tracking subsystem;
adjusting the set of virtual contact regions based on the updated sets of locations; and
operating the set of ultrasonic transducers of the stimulation device to produce mid-air ultrasonic stimulation based on the adjusted set of virtual contact regions.
20. The method of claim 9 , wherein scaling the set of moving digital objects comprises scaling a mesh defining the set of moving digital objects.