Simulation of three-dimensional touch sensation using haptics

摘要

An apparatus includes a processing system, a display, and a plurality of haptic actuators. The display and the haptic actuators are coupled to the processing system. The processing system is configured to control the haptic actuators to simulate movement in a particular direction corresponding to movement in the particular direction in a visual depiction in the display.

主权项

1. An apparatus that is a handheld device, comprising:
a housing; a processing system in the housing; a display associated with the housing and coupled to the processing system; a plurality of haptic actuators associated with the housing and coupled to the processing system, wherein at least one of the haptic actuators is capable of providing a temperature feedback; and an environmental sensor configured to provide signals to the processing system indicative of a location of the handheld device relative to the user, wherein the processing system is configured to control a movement of an object in a particular direction in the display, to control the haptic actuators in coordination with the movement of the object in the display to thereby provide a haptic feedback in the particular direction, and to modify the particular direction based on signals from the environmental sensor so that haptic feedback comprising temperature feedback is provided in the modified direction based on the location of the handheld device relative to the user.