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US 11,366,524 · App. 16/086,262 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

System for modifying and providing tactile stimulation

Inventor: Ki Uk Gwak (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.
G06F3/016
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,366,524
App. No.
16/086,262
Filed
Sep 18, 2018
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Examiner
PHAM, LONG D
Art Unit
2691
USPC
345/156
Abstract

A tactile stimulation providing system includes: a tactile stimulation pattern generating apparatus for generating a tactile stimulation pattern through a user interface including a plurality of virtual actuators to which positions of a plurality of actuators are mapped; and a tactile stimulation providing apparatus including the plurality of actuators, the tactile stimulation providing apparatus driving the plurality of actuators according to the generated tactile stimulation pattern.

Claims (14)

1. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program executable by a computer,

wherein the program generates a graphical user interface, and the graphical user interface includes:

an arrangement area including a plurality of virtual actuators which are spaced apart from each other and to which a physical arrangement of a plurality of actuators is mapped, with respect to a tactile stimulation frame;

a content area including a reference content having time-series information; and

a timeline area in which the tactile stimulation frame is arranged corresponding to the time-series information,

wherein the tactile stimulation frame is generated by a path drawn in the arrangement area,

wherein the path includes at least one point which is disposed between the plurality of virtual actuators, and

wherein the timeline area includes a track addition feature for adding a plurality of tracks to correspond to a number of a plurality of tactile stimulation providing apparatuses worn by a single user each of the tactile stimulation providing apparatuses comprising the plurality of actuators corresponding to the plurality of virtual actuators corresponding to the path.

2. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 ,

wherein the tactile stimulation frame is subordinate to any one track among the plurality of tracks.

3. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the timeline area includes a plurality of tracks corresponding to a plurality of directions, and

wherein the tactile stimulation frame is subordinate to any one track among the plurality of tracks.

4. The computer-readable recording medium of claim 3 , wherein the graphical user interface further includes a direction indicator, and

wherein any one direction among the plurality of directions is selected based on a state of the direction indicator, and a track corresponding to the selected direction is displayed in the timeline area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2018
From: GWAK, KI UK
To: BHAPTICS INC.
Reel/Frame 047102/0891 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0035886 · Mar 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200293111A1 · Sep 17, 2020
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