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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Jacobus Maria Antonius Van Den Eerenbeemd, Eindhoven, NL;
Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Marcel Carl Lemmens, Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Brokken, Eindhoven, NL;
Jacobus Maria Antonius Van Den Eerenbeemd, Eindhoven, NL;
Floris Maria Hermansz Crompvoets, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Marcel Carl Lemmens, Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Brokken, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for conveying an emotion to a person being exposed to multimedia information, such as a media clip, by way of tactile stimulation using a plurality of actuators arranged in a close vicinity of the person's body, the method comprising the step of providing tactile stimulation information for controlling the plurality of actuators, wherein the plurality of actuators are adapted to stimulate multiple body sites in a body region, the tactile stimulation information comprises a sequence of tactile stimulation patterns, wherein each tactile stimulation pattern controls the plurality of actuators in time and space to enable the tactile stimulation of the body region, and the tactile stimulation information is synchronized with the media clip. An advantage with the present invention is thus that emotions can be induced, or strengthened, at the right time (e.g. synchronized with a specific situation in the media clip).