System and method for providing tactile feedback

摘要

A system and method for providing tactile feedback in a user interface. The system includes a tactile feedback assembly configured to communicate with a user interface of an electronic device. The tactile feedback assembly is configured to provide mechanical and/or nerve stimulation to a user during user interaction (e.g. navigation, input of data, etc.) of the user interface. The mechanical and/or nerve stimulation is configured to provide a user with tactile sensation (in the form of the sense of touch) in response to user interaction with the user interface, including, but not limited to, sense of texture and sense of pressure.

主权项

1. A tactile feedback assembly comprising:
a glove for a hand, said glove having at least one finger including at least one actuation region; a communication system to:
detect a presence of a display system having a display, a user interface, and a transmitter;determine whether said display system can wirelessly transmit tactile data using said transmitter; andreceive said tactile data from said display system; a feedback control system to generate at least one feedback signal based on said tactile data received from said display system in response to said at least one actuation region being located proximate to an input region of said display system; and one or more feedback actuators within said at least one actuation region to receive said at least one feedback signal and, based on said at least one feedback signal, provide a tactile sensation of texture or vertical displacement to a user in response to said at least one actuation region being located proximate to said input region of said display.