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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Industry-university Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University, Seoul, KR;
Jong-Il Park, Seoul, KR;
Byung-Kuk Seo, Seoul, KR;
Dae-Sun Lee, Seoul, KR;
Jung-Sik Park, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and a method for providing a tactile sensation in cooperation with a display device are disclosed. The disclosed apparatus includes: a display-device communication unit configured to receive information on a virtual image from the display device; a determiner unit configured to determine whether or not a user attempts an interaction with the virtual image by using an image of a user body; and a tactile-sensation provider unit configured to provide a tactile sensation to a preset body part of the user based on a determination result of the determiner unit. The disclosed apparatus can enable the user to interact with a virtual image with verisimilitude.