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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2019
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Kunio Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Toshihiko Saito, Miyagi, JP;
Hajime Shikata, Miyagi, JP;
Katsunari Sato, Nara, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control apparatus for controlling a thermal sensation providing device that provides a thermal sensation to an object coming in contact with a virtual material includes a database configured to store first information indicative of a relationship between a type of virtual material and a speed of a temperature change during a first period that starts at a commencement of providing the thermal sensation and that ends at a lapse of a first time length from the commencement, and a temperature control unit configured to control a temperature provided by the thermal sensation providing device during the first period based on the first information.