94 results about "Tactile stimuli" patented technology

The present disclosure describes systems, devices, and methods of benefiting a cognitive state or function of a brain of a subject. The systems can include a portable system comprising a single headset device to be worn by a subject, comprising a pair of glasses configured to provide a visual stimulus to the subject, and a pair of supra-aural headphones configured to provide an auditory stimulus to the subject.

The invention discloses a wearable path guiding system based on visual-tactile cross-modal mapping. The wearable path guiding system adopts a three-module architecture, namely a visual environment sensing module, a simplified path planning module and a tactile guiding module. The environment perception module constructs an incremental scene map with semantic annotations based on a depth camera. And the simplified path planning module is used for generating a steering vector containing gait information and a steering angle according to the advancing direction and simplified path pointing and performing real-time iterative optimization to realize real-time matching of the advancing direction of the user and the target direction. And the tactile guidance module is used for realizing synchronization of gait and tactile stimulation, generating priority gradient intensity field tactile feedback with a direction indication characteristic according to path deviation information, correcting the advancing direction, and starting the voice auxiliary module when multiple times of tactile correction do not reach the expectation. The method is suitable for a visual signal limited scene, the visual signal is mapped into the tactile signal to realize self-adaptive synchronization with the motion rhythm, and path guidance is completed.

Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for acquiring, analyzing, and utilizing neurofeedback to promote brain coherence. Neurofeedback is a form of biofeedback that allows an individual to regulate his / her brain activity by providing a visual metaphor of brain function, thereby making it accessible for manipulation. In some embodiments of the present technology, a system includes a brain signal detection device wearable by a subject and a computer device including a display and a brain-computer interface (BCI) configured to monitor brain signals and display visual, auditory, and / or tactile stimuli to the subject according to a neurofeedback threshold-based protocol to deliver brain signal coherence between the left and right hemispheres of a subject's brain.

A multifunctional, adaptive facial mask delivers cosmetic massage and light therapy in a hands-free format. The mask integrates three elements: (i) internal motion-guiding contours that channel tactile stimulation along anatomically relevant lymphatic paths, (ii) zone-selective actuation using vibration nodes, inflatable micro-bladders, or oscillating pads, and (iii) a flexible Light-Emitting Diode (LED) grid delivering red, near-infrared, and optional blue wavelengths. The soft, medical-grade silicone shell conforms to diverse facial anatomies and maintains a continuous smooth surface that isolates the user from hard mechanics. A microcontroller sequences stimulation across zones (forehead, temple, cheek, nasolabial, jawline, and neck strap) to emulate facial-yoga strokes and lymphatic drainage. Preset modes such as Lift, Recovery, and Glow manage timing, direction, and intensity. Optional enhancements include gentle heat, removable cooling inserts, and low-frequency micro-stimulation. The mask provides an integrated combination of guided internal geometry, sequenced hands-free actuation, and cosmetic light therapy within a flexible, inclusive design.

The invention relates to the technical field of sensors, in particular to a flexible multifunctional touch sensing electronic skin and application, and the flexible multifunctional touch sensing electronic skin comprises a deformation module, an imaging module and a deep learning algorithm processing module; the deformation module comprises a mark layer provided with a mark pattern; the deformation module is used for capturing deformation information of the marking layer caused by external stimulation in real time; the imaging module comprises an embedded camera; the imaging module is used for acquiring a real-time image of the marking layer of the deformation module and reflecting the characteristics of tactile stimulation through image data; and the deep learning algorithm processing module is used for processing the image data captured by the imaging module in real time through a deep learning algorithm, extracting feature information in the tactile signal and further analyzing the property and the distribution of the external stimulation. According to the method, the deep learning algorithm and the visual tactile perception are combined, so that the tactile perception precision is improved, breakthrough is realized in the aspects of three-dimensional force decoupling and real-time recognition of complex actions, and the method has higher application potential and wide prospects.

The invention provides a tactile perception full cortex nerve imaging system and method. The tactile perception full cortex nerve imaging system comprises a central control module, a tactile stimulation module and a cortex imaging module. During use, the tactile stimulation module is arranged on the skin of the to-be-tested living body, it is ensured that the tactile stimulation module and the to-be-tested living body move at the same time without displacement when the to-be-tested living body is in a waking state, and tactile fixed-point stimulation of the to-be-tested living body in the waking state is achieved. The tactile stimulation module comprises a plurality of tactile stimulation channels and a plurality of tactile stimulation sites; the central control module performs gating control on the plurality of tactile stimulation channels based on a preset tactile stimulation position to obtain a selected tactile stimulation site, and transmits tactile stimulation current / voltage generated based on a preset tactile stimulation current / voltage parameter to the tactile stimulation site corresponding to the selected tactile stimulation channel; the cortex imaging module collects activity information of single-cell neurons in a cortex multi-subbrain region of a living body to be detected during tactile stimulation, and obtains high-resolution full-cortex neural activity in real time.

The invention is suitable for the technical field of man-machine interaction, and provides a control method and system of a tactile stimulation device and the tactile stimulation device.The method comprises the steps that a preset session program containing a plurality of stimulation block ordered sequences is loaded; real-time physiological data of the user are continuously collected through a biosensor, and the concentration degree state of the user is evaluated based on the real-time physiological data; when the evaluation result of the concentration degree state has a preset change, dynamically adjusting the execution logic of the session program; and generating a driving signal corresponding to the adjusted execution logic and outputting the driving signal to a driving motor to generate a tactile stimulus for adjusting the concentration of the user. According to the invention, the problem that the existing tactile stimulation equipment has a single stimulation mode, so that the user feels adaptive and the effect is reduced is solved.

The invention provides a child burn dressing change pain management method and system based on tactile and auditory stimulation. The method comprises the following steps: constructing a personalized pain management model, and collecting multi-modal data of a patient; and extracting fusion multi-modal data features, and generating tactile and auditory stimulation parameters by using a reinforcement learning model after obtaining fusion features. And the parameters are applied to touch and hearing devices, and personalized stimulation is synchronously applied during dressing change. Cooperative regulation and control of tactile and auditory stimulation are realized by means of multi-modal data fusion and reinforcement learning models, that is, time domain, emotion and electroencephalogram features are deeply fused to generate fusion features, and tactile and auditory parameter joint action vectors are generated through an Actor network based on the fusion features. Through multi-mode information interaction, the tactile stimulation inhibits wound pain signal conduction, the auditory stimulation adjusts amygdaloid nucleus emotional response, the analgesia efficiency is improved through cooperation of the tactile stimulation and the auditory stimulation, and the tolerance threshold value of children to single stimulation is reduced.

A user interface device includes a knob device having a mechanical structure that presents a tactile stimulus in response to every predetermined amount of knob operation, a panel on which the knob device is mounted, a controller, and a vibration generator configured to vibrate the knob device, the vibration generator being controllable by the controller. The controller controls the vibration generator to make the knob device vibrate synchronously with the predetermined amount of knob operation for the knob device to present a tactile stimulus in addition to the tactile stimulus by the mechanical structure.

A tactile stimulation provision device in the form of a glove according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a first fabric in the form of a glove, a second fabric having a shape covering a hand back portion and finger upper portions of the first fabric by extending from the finger upper portions to fingerprint portions of the first fabric, fixing patches covering fingerprint portions of the second fabric and having first openings, and actuators inserted into the first openings and fixed between the fixing patches and the second fabric.

The present invention relates to a device for preventing, alleviating or treating degenerative brain diseases by inducing brain wave synchronization through acoustic vibration tactile stimulation and bone conduction music, and a method thereof. More specifically, the present invention relates to a wearable device which is worn on the head of a wearer, stimulates the brain by providing Vibroussis composed of 40 Hz vibration and sound to the forehead lobe and the temporal lobe of the wearer, and recovers the gamma oscillation of the brain to normal by increasing the cerebral blood flow. Therefore, the device and the method thereof can prevent, relieve or treat degenerative brain diseases (such as mild cognitive impairment or early Alzheimer's disease (dementia)).

The utility model relates to the technical field of toys, in particular to a handheld pinching instrument for stimulating sense organs through touch. Comprising a shell which is made of an elastic material and is of a hollow structure; the multiple cutting planes are distributed on the surface of the shell; the concave-convex pattern is arranged on the cutting plane, and the concave-convex pattern is composed of a convex part and / or a concave part; according to the utility model, the structure is reasonable, the hollow shell has better holding and pinching feelings, the plurality of cutting planes enable the surface of the shell to have distinct edges and corners, nerves are stimulated to promote the body to release enkephalin so as to relax the body, the cutting planes are provided with various three-dimensional concave-convex patterns, the visual sense needs are met, the friction and the hand feeling can be better stimulated, and the effect is good. The entertainment of pinching is further improved, the pressure of the body is released, and anxiety is avoided.

Disclosed herein are a biomimetic tactile sensor, a robotic skin including the same, and a preparation method therefor. The biomimetic tactile sensor includes a base layer on which a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of microphones are arranged to be distributed, a hydrogel layer disposed on the base layer, and a stimulus receiving layer disposed on the hydrogel layer, and the biomimetic tactile sensor senses a tactile stimulus accompanied by pressure, vibration, or both.

An attention attracting system includes HMI devices that are mounted on a subject vehicle; and an attention attracting device that transmits, to a driver, a possibility of contact between the subject vehicle and an object through the HMI devices. The attention attracting device includes a processor that identifies a risk position at which the contact occurs and a risk level of the contact, estimates a degree of fatigue of the driver, and transmits the risk position and the risk level to the driver. The processor selects an HMI device to be used in accordance with the degree of fatigue of the driver, provides a tactile stimulus or an auditory stimulus to the driver through a tactile HMI device or an auditory HMI device at a remarkableness level corresponding to height of the risk level, and transmits visual information to the driver through a visual HMI device.

The application provides a multi-modal dynamic tactile encryption method, a tactile encryption skin, a system and an application, which comprises the following steps: a dynamic tactile force acts on a tactile encryption epidermis, image data of an initial state of the tactile encryption epidermis and an image data generated in a dynamic tactile action process are collected through a tactile encryption subcutaneous tissue; based on the image data, a position cell tensor, a velocity tensor and a depth tensor generated before and after the encryption epidermis granular layer is subjected to a tactile stimulation are obtained; based on the position cell tensor, the velocity tensor and the depth tensor, a double-modal dynamic tactile feature or a multi-modal dynamic tactile feature based on a dynamic force-velocity-depth coupling is constructed; and the double-modal dynamic tactile feature or the multi-modal dynamic tactile feature is subjected to multi-level standard encryption based on a self-defined initial key to obtain a final dynamic multi-modal tactile process encryption result. The application has high specificity, which includes spatial and temporal features; the encryption process is dynamic, contains the whole process of biological tactile action, and has high reliability.

The utility model discloses a magnetic resonance brush motion tactile stimulation system, including peripheral drive and control module, action execution module and stimulation module, the peripheral drive and control module includes FPGA, the FPGA is connected with motor servo driver, action execution module includes linear motor and Hall sensor, and the linear motor is connected with the Hall sensor. The linear motor is connected with the motor servo driver, the Hall sensor is connected with the FPGA, the stimulation module comprises a transmission unit and a stimulation unit, the linear motor is connected with the transmission unit, and the transmission unit is connected with the stimulation unit. The tactile stimulation device can be quickly installed and deployed and is used for applying tactile stimulation to a subject, and the stimulation mode can be highly self-defined. And the system has extremely fast time response, supports high-time-resolution recording, and can be used for tactile psychological physical experiments of different parts and tactile-related human brain activity researches.

A tactile stimulation providing system includes: a tactile stimulation pattern generating apparatus for generating a tactile stimulation pattern through a user interface including a plurality of virtual actuators to which positions of a plurality of actuators are mapped; and a tactile stimulation providing apparatus including the plurality of actuators, the tactile stimulation providing apparatus driving the plurality of actuators according to the generated tactile stimulation pattern.

: A method for enabling comprehension of speech by tactile stimulation is provided. The method includes steps as follows: receiving an audio input; performing an analog-to-digital conversion on the audio input; performing a DFT to convert the audio input to a frequency domain; extracting key features of the audio input based on a band of the audio input, wherein the key features contain frequencies that are representative of at least one vowel; and converting frequencies of the extracted key features to a range of tactile frequencies, which comprises performing a mapping process on the frequencies to shift or map them into a subset, such that the mapping process transfers the frequencies from a high-frequency interval to a low-frequency interval, wherein the low-frequency interval is a perceivable range of tactile frequencies.

An interaction device (120) for a motor vehicle (105) comprises the following elements: a display device (215) for displaying an operating element to a user (110); a gesture recognition device (210) for recognizing an interaction of the user (110) with the operating element; a feedback device (205) for contactlessly providing a tactile stimulus to the user (110) depending on their interaction with the operating element; and a processing device (220) for controlling a function of the motor vehicle (105) depending on a recognized interaction.

The application particularly relates to a MNF flexible tactile sensing system simulating fingertip skin microstructure and a manufacturing method. The system comprises a sensing layer for sensing a space-time tactile stimulus, a micro-nano optical fiber and a polydimethylsiloxane encapsulation structure; a top layer elastic annular ridge layer, the side away from the sensing layer being provided with an annular ridge structure; a bottom layer elastic annular ridge layer, the side in contact with the sensing layer being provided with an annular ridge structure; the sensing layer is clamped and fixed between the top layer elastic annular ridge layer and the bottom layer elastic annular ridge layer; the annular ridge structure comprises a plurality of annular ridges with different diameters and arranged concentrically and protruding upward; the annular ridges on the top layer elastic annular ridge layer and the annular ridges of the bottom layer elastic annular ridge layer are staggered to form an interlocking microstructure. The bionic microstructure design formed by the top layer elastic annular ridge layer, the sensing layer and the bottom layer elastic annular ridge layer can improve the tactile sensitivity and the sensing range of the tactile sensing and better protect the MNF.

A computer-readable recording medium according to an embodiment of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium in which a program executable by a computer is recorded, wherein the program generates a user interface, and the user interface comprises: an effect setting area in which a plurality of tactile stimulation unit patterns constituting a tactile stimulation effect are included, and activation time ratios of the tactile stimulation unit patterns are set with respect to a setting time of the tactile stimulation effect; a device visualization area in which a plurality of tactile stimulation providing devices corresponding to the tactile stimulation unit patterns are visualized and displayed, and nodes of the tactile stimulation unit patterns are set on the visualized tactile stimulation providing devices; and a timeline area in which a start time point and an end time point of the setting time of the tactile stimulation effect are set.

A tactile stimulation provision device in the form of a glove according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first fabric in the form of a glove, a second fabric having a shape covering a hand back portion and finger upper portions of the first fabric by extending from the finger upper portions to fingerprint portions of the first fabric, fixing patches covering fingerprint portions of the first fabric, and first actuators fixed between the fixing patches and the second fabric.

Adaptive Arousal Modulation Watch with Synchronized Thermal and Haptic Stimulation System

A system for reducing unwanted audible effects can include any or all of: a tactile stimulation device; a set of audio input devices; a set of filters and / or barriers; a set of audio output devices; a computing and / or processing subsystem; a set of algorithms and / or models; an extended reality subsystem; and / or any other components. A method for reducing unwanted audible effects includes any or all of: collecting information from each user of a set of users at a set of audio input devices; processing the audio information; and transmitting the processed audio information to any or all of the set of users.

The present invention discloses a method for decoding imagined movements based on tactile sensation calibration, comprising: (1) setting up a tactile stimulation device and applying tactile stimulation to the dorsal side of the left or right wrist of the subject; (2) setting up an EEG device to record EEG signals, with the original signals being digitally sampled at a frequency of 500 Hz and using a filter to filter the original signals; (3) using the tactile stimulation device and the EEG device to collect the pure imagined movement data of the subject, as well as the imagined movement data assisted by tactile sensation; (4) using the common spatial pattern algorithm to extract the EEG data features and training a classifier for classifying the EEG data features; wherein, the imagined movement data assisted by tactile sensation is used as the training set; (5) applying the trained classifier to pure imagined movement decoding. By using the present invention, EEG data with a higher signal-to-noise ratio can be obtained, and then a more robust and accurate model can be trained for movement decoding.

The present disclosure describes systems, devices, and methods of benefiting a cognitive state or function of a brain of a subject. The systems can include a portable system comprising a single headset device to be worn by a subject, comprising a pair of glasses configured to provide a visual stimulus to the subject, and a pair of supra-aural headphones configured to provide an auditory stimulus to the subject.

The present invention relates to haptic stimulation technology. A haptic interface device comprises an array comprising haptic stimulation elements for generating a stimulation pattern. The haptic interface device comprises a controller for continuously propagating the stimulation pattern over the skin of a user, including repeatedly removing a portion of a first end of the stimulation pattern and replacing the removed portion with a new portion at a second end of the stimulation pattern.

The utility model discloses a spherical restraining device with auditory and tactile stimulation, and belongs to the technical field of restraining devices. The device comprises a spherical restraining assembly, a wrist assembly and a stimulating and pacifying assembly, the spherical restraining assembly comprises two hemispherical shells which are symmetrically arranged and a first zipper, and the two hemispherical shells are detachably connected through the first zipper; one hemispherical shell comprises two 1 / 4 spherical shells and a second zipper, the two 1 / 4 spherical shells are detachably connected through the second zipper, and air holes are formed in the 1 / 4 spherical shells; the wrist assembly comprises a wrist protection pad, and one end of the wrist protection pad is connected with the two hemispherical shells and communicates with inner cavities of the two hemispherical shells. The stimulating and pacifying assembly comprises a grasping piece arranged in the inner cavities of the two hemispherical shells, and at least one of a pressure vibrator or a pressure voice device is arranged in the grasping piece; the pressure vibrator can generate vibration for dispersing the attention of the patient, and the pressure voice device can play voice of relatives for pacifying the patient. According to the utility model, the occurrence of damage can be actively reduced.

The embodiment of the present application provides a breathing training method and related equipment, which can provide tactile feedback when a user performs breathing training, so that the user can focus on breathing itself, and provides an immersive breathing training experience for the user. Moreover, the embodiment of the present application can complete the measurement of physiological parameters such as blood pressure during the breathing training process, and feed back the breathing training effect. Wherein, the tactile feedback can be generated based on the air bag on the wearable device, and the pressure in the air bag can be changed through inflation and deflation, so as to generate tactile stimulation. In addition to providing tactile feedback, the air bag on the wearable device can also be used for blood pressure measurement. In this way, the embodiment of the present application can realize the two-in-one of tactile feedback and blood pressure measurement based on the air bag on the wearable device, save the design cost, and avoid additional hardware requirements.

The application discloses a Caenorhabditis elegans bionic multi-perception-motion behavior method and system, and belongs to the field of artificial pulse neural network control. A pulse neural network model for changing the motion behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans by sensing changes in salt concentration, temperature and tactile stimulation position in the environment is built, the pulse neural network model comprises a bionic forward loop, a backward loop, a salt-seeking loop, a temperature-seeking loop and a tactile loop, and the bionic multi-perception-motion behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans is simulated. The salt-seeking behavior, the temperature-seeking behavior and the touch-avoiding behavior of Caenorhabditis elegans can be better matched, and a complex multi-perception-motion behavior mode can be realized by using a small number of neurons.