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1. A system capable of providing directional cues to a user of a vehicle, comprising:
a vehicle component, configured to be installed within a vehicle that is adapted to be controlled by a user, the vehicle component including a steering wheel; and a tactile display system, operably coupled to the vehicle component, the tactile display system including:
one or more contact pads, at least one of the one or more contact pads operable to engage a plurality of target areas of a user's skin;a restraining system having one or more apertures therein, operable to restrain a portion of the user's skin distal from the plurality of target areas of the skin, the steering wheel including an outer shell having the one or more apertures formed therein, the one or more contact pads coupled to, or formed integrally with, an inner shell, moveable relative to the outer shell such that movement of the inner shell relative to the outer shell provides tactile information to a user's digit positioned over or in one or more of the apertures; andan actuation system, operably coupled to one of: i) the one or more contact pads and the ii) restraining system; the actuation system being capable of moving the one or more contact pads and the restraining system relative to one another, the one or more contact pads being positioned inside the restraining system and a surface of the one or more contact pads being larger than the one or more apertures, to apply a shear force across the plurality of target areas of the user's skin to thereby provide tactile information to the user. |
