APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR GENERATING TACTILE SENSATION THROUGH NON-INVASIVE BRAIN STIMULATION USING ULTRASONIC WAVES

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus for creating a tactile sensation through non-invasive brain stimulation by using ultrasonic waves. The apparatus includes: an ultrasonic transducer module for inputting the ultrasonic waves to stimulate a specific part of the brain of a specified user non-invasively through at least one ultrasonic transducer unit; a compensating module for acquiring information on a range of tactile perception areas in the brain of the specified user and compensating properties of ultrasonic waves to be inputted to the specified user through the ultrasonic transducer unit by referring to the acquired information thereon; and an ultrasonic waves generating module for generating ultrasonic waves to be inputted to the specified user through the ultrasonic transducer unit by referring to a compensating value decided by the compensating module.

主权项

1. A method for creating a tactile sensation through non-invasive brain stimulation by using ultrasonic waves, comprising the steps of:
(a) affixing a tactile sensation apparatus to the head of a specified user; (b) acquiring information via a brain activity monitoring sensor of the tactile sensation apparatus on a range of tactile perception areas in the brain of the specified user as information required to stimulate a specific part of the brain of the specified user non-invasively; (c) determining a compensating value for the ultrasonic waves to be inputted to the specified user via a processor associated with the tactile sensation apparatus in communication with the brain activity monitoring sensor, said compensating value, said compensating value being determined by referring to the acquired information on the range of the tactile perception areas in the brain of the specified user; and (d) determining, via the processor, properties of ultrasonic waves to stimulate the specific tactile sensation upon being inputted to the specified user by referring to the compensating value determined by the at least one processor; and (e) generating ultrasonic waves with an ultrasonic transducer module, said ultrasonic waves having attributes have been compensated and allowing them to be inputted to the specified user through the ultrasonic transducer unit to stimulate a specific tactile sensation within the brain of the specified user non-invasively.