Haptic Control Unit Adjusting Vibration for Contact Body
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current haptic perception technologies face challenges in accurately presenting desired haptic experiences across various apparatuses, including amusement machines and wearable devices, due to variations in contact bodies and attachments, which affect the intensity and resonance of vibrations.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a haptic control unit that adjusts haptic output signals based on contact body information, including mass and gripping force, to correct vibration amplitude and frequency, ensuring precise haptic perception regardless of attachments or changes in user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If haptic presentation is performed without considering contact body variations, then the system structure remains simple, but haptic perception accuracy deteriorates due to variations in contact bodies and attachments
Solution Approach 1:
The system acquires contact body information (mass, gripping force) and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust haptic output signals. The haptic control unit modifies vibration amplitude and frequency based on detected contact body characteristics, creating a closed-loop system that adapts to varying conditions while maintaining haptic perception accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The haptic presentation system transitions from a static configuration to a dynamic one by continuously adjusting vibration parameters (amplitude, frequency) based on real-time contact body information. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to maintain optimal haptic perception across different contact bodies and attachment configurations.
2Adaptability or versatility
If attachments are mounted on the haptic presentation apparatus, then functionality is enhanced, but vibration characteristics change causing haptic perception accuracy to deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary acquisition of contact body information (mass, gripping force) before generating haptic output signals. By knowing the contact body characteristics in advance, the haptic control unit can pre-adjust vibration parameters to compensate for the effects of attachments, ensuring accurate haptic perception from the start.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes vibration parameters (amplitude, frequency) based on detected contact body characteristics and attachment mass. The haptic control unit dynamically adjusts these parameters to compensate for the inertial effects introduced by attachments, maintaining consistent haptic perception accuracy across different attachment configurations.
3Measurement precision
If vibration amplitude and frequency are not adjusted based on contact body information, then control complexity is reduced, but haptic perception intensity varies due to contact body variations
Solution Approach 1:
The haptic control unit uses contact body information (mass, gripping force) as feedback to dynamically adjust vibration amplitude and frequency. This feedback mechanism ensures consistent haptic perception intensity by compensating for variations in contact body characteristics, while the adjustment logic maintains manageable control complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The solution enables the presentation of desired haptic perceptions with high accuracy and intensity, maintaining optimal vibration characteristics even with attachments mounted, by dynamically adjusting the haptic presentation signals based on real-time contact body data.
Implementation Method 1
a haptic presentation signal that represents an amplitude and a frequency component of a vibrating device for exciting the haptic presentation apparatus
Implementation Method 2
a moveable body configured to be capable of vibrating in a plane by an X actuator and a Y actuator is provided to the haptic device
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes: a haptic control unit. The haptic control unit controls, on the basis of a haptic presentation signal according to haptic content to be presented to a haptic presentation apparatus and contact body information relating to a contact body that is in contact with the haptic presentation apparatus, a haptic output signal to be output to the haptic presentation apparatus.