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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2023
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Ryosuke Tachi, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A haptic seating system comprising can include a seat, a haptic device, and a haptic signal controller. The system can receive an acoustic signal and generate a haptic source signal. The system can convert the haptic source signal into first and second constituent haptic signals and modify, using a frequency expander, the first and second constituent haptic signals into first and second expanded constituent haptic signals with modified intensities within a target frequency range. The system can compress each of the first and second expanded constituent haptic signals to generate compressed constituent haptic signals having compressed intensities. The system can summate, within the target frequency range, the intensities of the modified haptic source signal, the compressed intensities of the first compressed constituent haptic signal, and the compressed intensities of the second compressed constituent haptic signals. The system can generate a haptic response within the seat based on the summated intensities.