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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2009
Mark R Cutkosky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Karlin Y Bark, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Wheeler, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Joan Savall, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mark R Cutkosky, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Karlin Y Bark, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Wheeler, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Joan Savall, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
The tactile feedback device of the preferred embodiments includes at least one skin contact pad; at least one actuator designed to move the at least one skin contact pad and attached to the at least one skin contact pad in a manner suitable to allow the actuator to move the at least one skin contact pad; a processor coupled to the actuator that executes a control logic and functions to control the movements of the at least one actuator; the control logic functions to determine the motions of the at least one actuator and is designed to move the at least one actuator in a manner that stretches the skin of the user. The tactile feedback device of the preferred embodiments has been designed to provide feedback to a user in a way that provides the user with information regarding a task that they are performing. The tactile feedback device of the preferred embodiments, however, may be used for any suitable purpose.