INTERPRETING TEXTURE IN SUPPORT OF MOBILE COMMERCE AND MOBILITY

摘要

A portable pervasive device includes a combined visual and thermal display. The user is able to detect texture of displayed objects visually and through touching the combined display. A software application pre-defines color codes and temperature settings for a plurality of textures on a graded scale including smooth, soft, and rough. The object is then shown on the display using the color codes and temperature settings for at lest one surface of the object.

主权项

1. A method of displaying texture, comprising the steps of:
providing an image of an object having a texture; pre-defining color codes for a plurality of surface textures; pre-defining temperature settings for said plurality of surface textures; and displaying on a visual and thermal display, said image of said object using the pre-defined color codes and the pre-defined temperature settings to indicate said texture of said object.