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Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIBRATION TRANSFER BETWEEN VIBRATION DEVICES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2013164845
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a user with a tactile sensation that a virtual vibration body moves, by changing vibration values of a plurality of vibration devices according to the movement of the virtual vibration body; and provide the user with a tactile sensation that the virtual vibration body is located between the vibration devices, by changing the vibration values of the vibration devices when the virtual vibration body is located between the vibration devices.

An apparatus comprises: a vibration value determiner which uses at least one processor in order to determine vibration values of vibration devices according to a direction of a movement of a virtual vibration body corresponding to a vibration source; and a vibration device controller to control the plurality of vibration devices according to the vibration values, thereby providing a user with a sensation that the virtual vibration body moves.


Inventors:
LIM SOO CHUL
PARK JOON-AH
Application Number:
JP2013020761A
Publication Date:
August 22, 2013
Filing Date:
February 05, 2013
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Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
International Classes:
G06F3/01; G06F3/041
Domestic Patent References:
JP2011090575A2011-05-06
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Foreign References:
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tadashige Ito
Tadahiko Ito
Shinsuke Onuki