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JP-7856269-B2 - Tactile stimulation device

JP7856269B2JP 7856269 B2JP7856269 B2JP 7856269B2JP-7856269-B2

Inventors

  • クァク，キ ウク
  • ジョ，ユン ジュ
  • チェ，キ ヨン

Assignees

  • ビーハプティクス インコーポレイテッド

Dates

Publication Date
20260511
Application Date
20211123
Priority Date
20211108

Claims (11)

  1. A glove-shaped tactile stimulation device, A glove-shaped first fabric, A second fabric having a shape that covers the back of the hand and the upper part of the fingers of the first fabric, and extends from the upper part of the fingers to the fingerprint area of the first fabric, A fixing patch covering the fingerprint portion of the second fabric and having a first opening, The actuator is inserted into the first opening and fixed between the fixing patch and the second fabric, A device that provides tactile stimulation.
  2. The first overlapping patch overlaps the fixing patch and a portion of the second fabric, The fixing patch, the other part of the second fabric, and the second overlapping patch superimposed on the first overlapping patch, further comprising The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 1.
  3. The second fabric covers the back of the hand and further includes a third fabric which includes a second opening. The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 2.
  4. A first circuit portion is inserted into the second opening and positioned between the third fabric and the second fabric, The first circuit section and the actuator are further connected by drive lines, The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 3.
  5. The drive line passes between the third fabric and the second fabric, between the second fabric and the first overlapping patch and the second overlapping patch, and passes through the first opening. The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 4.
  6. The third fabric further includes a third opening, A bottom case inserted into the third opening and positioned between the third fabric and the first fabric, The following further includes a second circuit section supported by the bottom case and electrically connected to the first circuit section: The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 5.
  7. The first fabric further includes a fourth opening, The edge of a portion of the fourth opening is located between a portion of the bottom case and a portion of the second circuit section. The first fabric is compressed and the top case is further bound to the bottom case, The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 6.
  8. The battery located between the second circuit section and the bottom case further includes The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 7.
  9. A battery inserted into the third opening and positioned between the third fabric and the first fabric, The battery and the power lines electrically connecting the second circuit section are further included. The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 6.
  10. Further including an elastic sensor positioned in overlap with the upper part of the finger of the second fabric, The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 1.
  11. The invention further includes an elastic sensor positioned in conjunction with the back of the hand, the upper part of the fingers, and the fingerprint portion of the second fabric, The tactile stimulation providing device according to claim 1.

Description

This invention relates to a device for providing tactile stimulation. A tactile stimulation device includes actuators and can provide tactile stimulation to the user by selectively vibrating these actuators. The tactile stimulation device can be provided to suit various body parts of the target user. Recently, technologies that use external cameras to recognize the user's finger movements have been introduced. However, when the user wears a glove-like haptic stimulation device, the thickness of the glove, which contains many electronic components, makes it difficult to recognize the user's finger movements. Furthermore, the thicker the glove, the more inconvenient finger movement becomes. This is a diagram illustrating the back of the hand portion of a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention.This is a diagram illustrating the palm portion of a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention.This figure illustrates a method for manufacturing a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention.This figure illustrates a method for manufacturing a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention.This is a diagram illustrating the controller case of a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention.This is a diagram illustrating the controller case of a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention.This is a diagram illustrating the controller case of a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention.This is a diagram illustrating the controller case of a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention.This is a diagram illustrating a stretchable sensor according to one embodiment of the present invention.This figure illustrates a stretchable sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention.This figure illustrates a stretchable sensor according to another embodiment of the present invention.This figure illustrates a tactile stimulation device according to another embodiment of the present invention.This figure illustrates a tactile stimulation device according to another embodiment of the present invention.This figure illustrates a tactile stimulation device according to another embodiment of the present invention. The following describes various embodiments of the present invention in detail with reference to the attached drawings, so that those with ordinary skill in the art to which the invention pertains can easily implement them. The present invention can be embodied in a variety of different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. To clearly illustrate the present invention, irrelevant parts have been omitted, and identical or similar components throughout the specification are denoted by the same reference numerals. Therefore, the above-mentioned reference numerals can also be used in other figures. The dimensions and thicknesses of each component shown in the drawings are arbitrary for illustrative purposes, and the present invention is not necessarily limited to those shown. In the drawings, thicknesses may be exaggerated to clearly represent multiple layers and regions. Figure 1 illustrates the back of the hand portion of a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention. Figure 2 illustrates the palm portion of a tactile stimulation device according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the tactile stimulation providing device GLV according to one embodiment of the present invention is a glove-shaped tactile stimulation providing device GLV, which may include a first fabric FBR1, a drive line DRL, a first circuit section CB1, an actuator ACT, a controller case top case tp_CTC, a power line PWL, and a battery BATT. Figure 1 shows the appearance of the GLV tactile stimulation device worn on the left hand, viewed from the back of the hand. Figure 2 shows the appearance of the GLV tactile stimulation device worn on the left hand, viewed from the palm. The same information described later applies to the tactile stimulation device worn on the right hand, so redundant explanations are omitted. The first fabric FBR1 may be glove-shaped. The first fabric FBR1 may be the outermost fabric of the tactile stimulation providing device GLV. In the following description of a specific fabric, the fabric is not necessarily limited to being a single piece of fabric, but may consist of two or more pieces of fabric to facilitate the manufacturing process or to improve functionality. Furthermore, the two or more pieces of fabric do not necessarily have to be made of the same material. The palm portion of the first fabric FBR1 may be made of mesh material. Since the user's palm is a body part that sweats a lot, using mesh material for the first fabric FBR1 allows