Sony Group Corporation

Taha Moriyama

Ikuo Yamano

Yusuke Nakagawa

Tsuyoshi Ishikawa

Yohei Fukuma

Takeshi Ogita

Provided are a control apparatus, a control method, and a system for a force-sense device that can apply a more natural haptic sensation. According to the present disclosure, a control apparatus for a force-sense device has a position information acquiring section for acquiring position information regarding a surface of a virtual object and position information regarding a fingertip, and a control section for controlling the position of an acting portion that applies a force to the fingertip, in reference to the pieces of position information, and the control section makes a second force weaker than a first force, the first force being applied to the acting portion in a first direction away from the surface of the virtual object in a case where the fingertip is pushed in further beyond the surface of the virtual object, and the second force being applied in a second direction opposite to the first direction in a case where the fingertip is to be placed back from the position where the fingertip has been pushed in.

Control apparatus, control method, and control system for force-sense device

A control device according to an embodiment includes: a winding unit () that unwinds a wire having one end movably held by a user in a direction of the one end and winds the wire by an elastic force in a direction away from the one end, a wire lock unit () that locks unwinding of the wire from the winding unit, and a control unit () that controls an operation by the wire lock unit of locking the unwinding according to a relationship between a position of a virtual object disposed in a virtual space and a position, in the virtual space, corresponding to a position of the one end in a real space.

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TOKYO, Japan

Taha Moriyama