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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Akira Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Eriko Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Akao, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Ishibashi, Tokyo, JP;
Eriko Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Akao, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Toda, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information receiving/display apparatus, which can receive and display third sensory information such as tactual information or olfactory information in addition to visual and/or audio information. A number of image display optical fibers and tactual representation fibers both having cores made of a liquid are arranged in alignment, and a number of image display control signal lines and tactual representation control signal lines made of piezoelectric element are aligned across the fibers, thereby to form the information receiving/display apparatus.