Information processing device, method, and computer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10942573-B2
Application number	US-201916419463-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2019
Priority date	Sep 8, 2015
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

There is provided an information processing device to cause vibration to be generated suitable for a state between an information processing device including a vibrating device and a user, the information processing device including: corrected vibration data configured to generate corrected information for correcting a strength of vibration data for a vibrating device including a vibrator on a basis of information provided from a detecting unit configured to detect a contact state of the vibrating device; and an vibration signal generating unit configured to generate a vibration signal from the corrected vibration data.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An information processing device comprising:
a plurality of vibrating devices in different positions, each vibrating device of the plurality of vibrating devices including a vibrator; and
circuitry configured to
detect a wearing position of each vibrating device of the plurality of vibrating devices,
store the detected wearing position of each vibrating device,
generate corrected vibration data obtained by correcting a strength of vibration data for each vibrating device based on the stored wearing position of the vibrating device, and
generate a vibration signal from the corrected vibration data for each vibrating device.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the corrected vibration data is generated to increase the strength of the vibration data.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the corrected vibration data is generated to correct a frequency of the vibration data for vibrating the vibrator in accordance with the stored wearing position.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the information processing device comprises a jacket-type wearable terminal.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein timing of haptic data generation related to the vibration data is controlled based on visual information of a display image.

6. An information processing method comprising:
detecting a wearing position of each vibrating device of the plurality of vibrating devices, each vibrating device including a vibrator;
storing the detected wearing position of each vibrating device;
generating corrected vibration data obtained by correcting a strength of vibration data for each vibrating device based on the stored wearing position of the vibrating device; and
generating a vibration signal from the corrected vibration data for each vibrating device.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a program, which when executed by an information processing device of a computer, causes the computer to execute a method, the method comprising:
detecting a wearing position of each vibrating device of the plurality of vibrating devices, each vibrating device including a vibrator;
storing the detected wearing position of each vibrating device;
generating corrected vibration data obtained by correcting a strength of vibration data for each vibrating device based on the stored wearing position of the vibrating device; and
generating a vibration signal from the corrected vibration data for each vibrating device.

8. The information processing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circuitry further generates the corrected vibration data for each vibrating device based on a detected pressing pressure of the vibrating device.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Yamano Ikuo
• Ito Osamu
• Matsuzaki Yosuke
• Yokoyama Ryo
• Hirano Shinsaku
• Nakagawa Yusuke

Classifications

• G06F3/016 Primary

  Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user · CPC title

• G06F3/011

  Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality (blind teaching G09B21/00) · CPC title

• A41D1/02

  Jackets · CPC title

• A63F13/23

  for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console · CPC title

• A63F13/426

  involving on-screen location information, e.g. screen coordinates of an area at which the player is aiming with a light gun · CPC title