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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2018
Sanko Tekstil Isletmeleri San. VE Tic. A.s., Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Jitka Eryilmaz, Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Ozgur Cobanoglu, Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Kadir Ozkan, Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Fehim Caglar, Inegol-Bursa, TR;
SANKO TEKSTIL ISLETMELERI SAN. VETIC A.S., Inegol-Bursa, TR;
Abstract
Provided is a garment comprising fabric and at least one seam, said garment comprising at least one vibrotactile actuator configured for producing a vibrational pattern based on audio and/or messaging information provided by an information signal from an external device. The vibrotactile actuator is contained within the seam. Also provided is a system, circuit and method for transmitting audio and/or messaging information to a user. The system comprises the garment, the external device, and a conversion unit comprising a microcontroller that converts the audio and/or messaging information into a driving signal to be provided to the vibrotactile actuator. The circuit comprises the microcontroller and the vibrotactile actuators coupled to one another by a ribbon of a flexible material. The method evaluates the delay between the vibrational pattern produced by the vibrotactile actuator and acoustic and/or visual signals produced by the external device based on the audio and/or messaging information.