Tactile presentation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11350751-B2
Application number	US-201917059358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 29, 2019
Priority date	Jun 13, 2018
Publication date	Jun 7, 2022
Grant date	Jun 7, 2022

Abstract

There is provided a tactile presentation device capable of realizing easier wearing/removal and contact of a tactile stimulation unit in an appropriate position. The tactile presentation device is provided with an attaching unit to a back plate of a chair, and a wearing belt portion to a body provided so as to be extendable and contractable on the attaching unit, in which one or more first tactile stimulation units are provided on the attaching unit, and one or more second tactile stimulation units are provided on the wearing belt portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A tactile presentation device comprising:
an attaching unit to a back plate of a chair; and
a wearing belt portion to a body provided so as to be extendable and contractable on the attaching unit,
wherein one or more first tactile stimulation units are provided on the attaching unit,
wherein one or more second tactile stimulation units are provided on the wearing belt portion, and
wherein the wearing belt portion includes
two first wearing belts pulled out from both sides in an upper portion of the attaching unit,
two second wearing belts pulled out from both sides in a lower portion of the attaching unit, and
one buckle that attaches and detaches the two first wearing belts and the two second wearing belts.

2. The tactile presentation device according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more first tactile stimulation units and the one or more second tactile stimulation units are arranged so as to face each other across the body.

3. The tactile presentation device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the number of the one or more first tactile stimulation units and the number of the one or more second tactile stimulation units are the same.

4. The tactile presentation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the wearing belt portion further includes
two third wearing belts pulled out from both the sides in the lower portion of the attaching unit, and
one buckle that attaches and detaches the two third wearing belts.

5. The tactile presentation device according to claim 1 , wherein the second tactile stimulation unit is pressed against the body by tension of the wearing belt portion.

6. The tactile presentation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the one or more second tactile stimulation units are movably provided on the wearing belt portion.

7. The tactile presentation device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a control unit that controls in a linked manner tactile stimulus outputs from the first tactile stimulation unit and the second tactile stimulation unit.

8. A tactile presentation device comprising:
an attaching unit to a back plate of a chair; and
a wearing belt portion to a body provided so as to be extendable and contractable on the attaching unit,
wherein one or more first tactile stimulation units are provided on the attaching unit,
wherein one or more second tactile stimulation units are provided on the wearing belt portion, and
wherein the attaching unit includes
members that sandwich the back plate,
among the members, on a first back surface member located on a front surface of the back plate, the one or more first tactile stimulation units are provided, and
the wearing belt portions are pulled out from a second back surface member located on a rear surface of the back plate.

9. The tactile presentation device according to claim 8 ,
wherein an adjusting belt that adjusts a height of the first back surface member is provided on the first back surface member, and
the adjusting belt extends and contracts according to extension and contraction of two first wearing belts pulled out from both sides in an upper portion of the second back surface member.

10. The tactile presentation device according to claim 9 ,
wherein the wearing belt portion includes
a two-point wearing belt pulled out from either right or left side of the second back surface member and is attached to and detached from a first buckle arranged in a lower portion on an opposite side, and
a three-point wearing belt pulled out from the side opposite to the side from which the two-point wearing belt is pulled out of the second back surface member and is attached to and detached from a second buckle arranged in a lower portion on the side from which the two-point wearing belt is pulled out.

11. The tactile presentation device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the wearing belt portion includes
a two-point wearing belt pulled out from either right or left side of the second back surface member and is attached to and detached from a first buckle arranged in a lower portion on an opposite side, and
a three-point wearing belt pulled out from the side opposite to the side from which the two-point wearing belt is pulled out of the second back surface member and is attached to and detached from a second buckle arranged in a lower portion on the side from which the two-point wearing belt is pulled out.

12. The tactile presentation device according to claim 11 ,
wherein the wearing belt portion includes
an adjusting unit that is located between a plurality of the second tactile stimulation units provided on the wearing belt portion and adjusts a length of the belt.

13. A tactile presentation device comprising:
a seating face;
a back plate;
a wearing belt portion to a body provided so as to be extendable and contractable on the back plate; and
a back surface member arranged on a front surface of the back plate,
wherein one or more first tactile stimulation units are provided on the back surface member arranged on the front surface of the back plate,
wherein one or more second tactile stimulation units are provided on the wearing belt portion, and
wherein the wearing belt portion includes
two first wearing belts pulled out from both sides in an upper portion of the back plate,
two second wearing belts pulled out from both sides in a lower portion of the back plate, and
one buckle that attaches and detaches the two first wearing belts and the two second wearing belts.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Tsuda Takamoto
• Otani Yusuke
• Yamano Ikuo
• Ito Osamu
• Yokoyama Ryo
• Ogita Takeshi
• Fukuma Yohei

Classifications

• A47C7/72

  Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like · CPC title

• A44B11/005

  Buckles combined with other articles, e.g. with receptacles · CPC title

• B65D65/38

  Packaging materials of special type or form · CPC title

• A47C7/425 Primary

  Supplementary back-rests to be positioned on a back-rest or the like · CPC title

• A47C1/12 Primary

  Theatre, auditorium or similar chairs (detachable seats for mounting on stadium benches A47C1/16) · CPC title