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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Taction Technology Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Silmon James Biggs, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Taction Technology, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/033 (2006.01); B06B 1/04 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04S 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); H04R 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/033 (2013.01); B06B 1/045 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); H04S 1/005 (2013.01); H04R 9/06 (2013.01); H04R 2460/13 (2013.01); H04S 2400/11 (2013.01);
Abstract
The apparatus and methods of the present invention provide quiet, compact, robust hardware that can accurately produce a wide range of tactile frequencies at a perceptually constant intensity. For greater expressiveness, some apparatus for moving the skin in multiple axes are also disclosed. Signal processing methods are presented to enhance the user's experience of audio spatialization. The methods transform audio signals into directional tactile cues matched to the time resolution of the skin, and which exploit directional tactile illusions.