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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Siddique Mohammed, Bangalore, IN;
Dhandapani Shanmugam, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing tactile feedback. A method for providing tactile feedback, comprises extracting a plurality of features from a visual representation of a physical object, wherein the extracting is performed using at least one image processing technique, generating a variable frequency pattern corresponding to the extracted features, sending the variable frequency pattern to a computing device, and generating the tactile feedback via the computing device in response to a stimulation applied by a user, wherein the tactile feedback is based on the variable frequency pattern.