METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRESENTING TOUCHING FEELING

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To virtually present various kinds of touching feelings by sticking plural fine magnets to the surface of a skin, electromagnetically stimulating each of them so as to stimulate the skin and then controlling the level and phase of electromagnetic driving at each fine magnet. SOLUTION: The fine magnets 2-1 to 2-4 are one-dimensionally arranged at prescribed intervals to be adhered onto the surface of a palm 1 and electromagnetic coils 3-1 to 3-4 are provided opposed to the magnets 2-1 to 2-4 and inserting a very small space. The coils 3-1 to 3-4 are independently driven and drive the magnets 2-1 to 2-4 to generate stimulation to the skin. Namely a driving pattern generating means alternately select-drive the sets of the electromagnetic coils 3-1 to 3-3 and 3-2 to 3-4 to virtually generate the moving feeling of a touching feeling position. Concerning the coils 3-1 to 3-4, the levels or the phases of driving patterns are different between the electromagnetic coil in a center part and that at its peripheral part. Thus a driving phase difference is controlled to change the propagating characteristic of stimulation to the deep layer of the skin.