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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2001
Olof Lindahl, Umeå, SE;
Robert Forchheimer, Linköping, SE;
Haibo LI, Umeå, SE;
Videoakt AB, Umea, SE;
Abstract
In a system () and a method for interpreting visual information and transmitting it to a human being through tactile influence of sensorial organs in its body, the system has a sensor module () capturing visual information; a control module (), interpreting the captured information and controlling a tactile actuator module () in accordance with the interpreted information. An actuator module () transmits the interpreted information to a human being by electro-mechanically influencing sensorial organs in the skin of the human being, thereby creating an image in its brain. An image is corresponding to the visual information transmitted through the electro-mechanical actuator module ().