摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tactile sense presentation device which can present a tactile sense to a finger in accordance with an image in virtual space. <P>SOLUTION: A real globe is constituted with a tactile sense generater 21 to generate felling of a finger in contact with an object appearing in the virtual space (for example, distribution of contact intensity such as texture, form, strength and the like), a force sense generater to generate the feeling of the strength of the force applied on a hand or a finger in contact with the object appearing in the virtual space, a position posture detector, a control unit, a signal processor, and a signal transmitter receiver. The tactile sense generater 21 is constituted with a plurality of unit tactile sense generaters 210 consisting of a power generater 211 equipped with a motor 211a, an actuator wire 212, a wire supporting part 213 to hold one end of the actuator wire 212, a tactile sense presentation pin 214 to apply pressure on a finger pad in order to generate the tactile sense, and a tactile sense presentation pin supporting part 215. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO</p> |