OSCILLATING-RESONANT-MODULE CONTROLLER

摘要

The current document is directed to various types of oscillating resonant modules (“ORMs”), including linear-resonant vibration modules, that can be incorporated in a wide variety of appliances, devices, and systems to provide vibrational forces. The vibrational forces are produced by back-and-forth oscillation of a weight or member along a path, generally a segment of a space curve. A controller controls each of one or more ORMs to produce driving oscillations according to a control curve or control pattern for the ORM that specifies the frequency of the driving oscillations with respect to time. The driving oscillations, in turn, elicit a desired vibration response in the device, appliance, or system in which the one or more ORMs are included. The desired vibration response is achieved by selecting and scaling control patterns in view of known resonance frequencies of the device, appliance, or system.

主权项

1. An oscillating resonant module comprising:
a mass that is driven by energy supplied to the oscillating resonant module to travel back and forth along an oscillation path that represents a segment of a space curve; one or more sensors that output indications directly correlated with the position of the mass within the oscillation path at specific points in time; and a control component that
receives control signals input to the oscillating resonant module,receives output from the one or more sensors, andcontrols oscillation of the mass to produce a predetermined vibration response according to the received control signal by repeatedly generating a control output, to an actuator that drives the mass to oscillate, corresponding to one or more most recently received sensor outputs.