Haptic Playback Synchronization for Immersive Video
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic devices lack the capability to effectively provide haptic feedback that replicates environmental forces experienced during activities like mountain biking or skiing, limiting the immersive experience of video playback.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising accelerometers, video capture devices, and haptic actuators that synchronize and store acceleration data with video content, allowing for the generation of tactile feedback during video playback, enhancing the user experience by replicating environmental forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional video playback is used without haptic feedback, then the device complexity remains low, but the immersion and realism of the viewing experience are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines video playback functionality with haptic feedback capabilities by integrating accelerometers, video capture devices, and haptic actuators into a unified system. The video player application synchronizes accelerometer data with video content and coordinates haptic actuator activation with video playback, merging visual and tactile modalities to enhance immersion without requiring separate standalone devices
Solution Approach 2:
The electronic device is designed to perform multiple functions: video capture, accelerometer data collection, video playback, and haptic feedback generation. The video player application serves as a multi-functional controller that manages synchronization between different sensors and actuators, allowing a single device to provide both visual and tactile storytelling capabilities
2Adaptability or versatility
If haptic feedback systems with multiple sensors and actuators are implemented, then the immersive experience is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The video player application serves as an intermediary layer that manages the complexity of coordinating multiple sensors and actuators. It receives accelerometer data, synchronizes it with video content, determines appropriate haptic responses, and controls the haptic actuators accordingly, shielding users from the underlying system complexity while delivering enhanced haptic feedback capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by capturing and storing accelerometer data alongside video content during video recording. This pre-synchronization of sensor data with video frames allows the playback system to efficiently retrieve and process only the necessary data during playback, reducing real-time computational complexity while maintaining accurate haptic synchronization
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively provides haptic feedback that mimics the forces experienced during activities, thereby enhancing the immersion and realism of video playback on electronic devices.
Implementation Method 1
synchronized with the video data, the accelerometer data is stored in a computer readable memory. Subsequently, when a video playback application is activated... the video application provides tactile feedback representative of the accelerometer data
Implementation Method 2
the video application activates one or more haptics actuators in response to the accelerometer data associated with the video content, thereby providing tactile feedback representative of the accelerometer data in association with the video content
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic device comprises an accelerometer, a video capture device, and logic to capture accelerometer data from the accelerometer and video content during an event, associate the accelerometer data with the video content in a time dimension, and store the accelerometer data and the video content in a storage medium. Other embodiments may be described.