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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2009
Dong Seok Ryu, Seoul, KR;
Sung Chul Kang, Seoul, KR;
Gi Hun Yang, Gongju-si, KR;
Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a vibrotactile device intuitively providing information by inducing a tactile sense to a user, and a method using the same. The device according to an embodiment includes a vibrating contact panel contacting with a user's hand; a plurality of vibratory modules that are attached to the lower part of the vibrating contact panel and vibrate with different intensities according to the amount of supplied power; and a plurality of vibration isolating links that are coupled, respectively, to an end of each of the modules to support the modules and to isolate the vibration from the modules.