Multi-orientation fingertip planar tactile feedback device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11947726-B2
Application number	US-202218032699-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 24, 2022
Priority date	Jun 8, 2022
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

A multi-orientation fingertip planar tactile feedback device includes a planar tactile feedback actuator. The planar tactile feedback actuator includes a holder and a feedback mechanism, a holding hole and an accommodating cavity are provided in the holder, one end of the holding hole penetrates through the holder, the other end is communicated with the accommodating cavity, the feedback mechanism includes a plurality of feedback parts that are arranged on cavity walls of the accommodating cavity respectively, and each feedback part includes a base, an air bag block and a baffle which are sequentially connected. A structure is simple; a finger touch force can be adjusted; five pairs of electrified coils are arranged, and force feedback vector synthesis can be performed therebetween; a direction of the force feedback generated by the electrified coil can be consistent with a direction of tactile feedback of the distal finger segment by the baffle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-orientation fingertip planar tactile feedback device, comprising a planar tactile feedback actuator, wherein the planar tactile feedback actuator comprises a holder and a feedback mechanism, a holding hole and an accommodating cavity are provided in the holder, one end of the holding hole penetrates through the holder, the other end of the holding hole is communicated with the accommodating cavity, the feedback mechanism comprises a plurality of feedback parts, the plural feedback parts are arranged on cavity walls of the accommodating cavity respectively, and each feedback part comprises a base, an air bag block and a baffle which are sequentially connected,
wherein the cavity walls of the accommodating cavity comprise a front cavity wall, a left cavity wall, a right cavity wall, and a lower cavity wall, the plurality of feedback parts comprise a front feedback part, a left feedback part, a right feedback part, and a lower feedback part, and the front feedback part, the left feedback part, the right feedback part, and the lower feedback part are arranged on the front cavity wall, the left cavity wall, the right cavity wall, and the lower cavity wall respectively;
wherein the front feedback part comprises a front side feedback part and a slant front lower feedback part, the front side feedback part and the front lower feedback part face a front side and a front lower side of the fingertip respectively, the left feedback part comprises an upper left feedback part and a lower left feedback part which are obliquely arranged, the baffle of the upper left feedback part and the baffle of the lower left feedback part face an upper left side and a lower left side of the fingertip respectively, the right feedback part comprises an upper right feedback part and a lower right feedback part which are obliquely arranged, and the baffle of the upper right feedback part and the baffle of the lower right feedback part face an upper right side and a lower right side of the fingertip respectively; and
wherein the multi-orientation fingertip planar tactile feedback device further comprises a hollow shell, wherein the holder is provided in the shell, a first electrified coil set is provided on an outer wall of the holder, and a second electrified coil set is provided on an inner wall of the shell.

2. The multi-orientation fingertip planar tactile feedback device according to claim 1 , wherein the outer wall of the holder comprises an outer front wall, an outer left wall, an outer right wall, an outer upper wall, and an outer lower wall, the first electrified coil set comprises a first front electrified coil, a first left electrified coil, a first right electrified coil, a first upper electrified coil, and a first lower electrified coil, the inner wall of the shell comprises an inner front wall, an inner left wall, an inner right wall, an inner upper wall, and an inner lower wall, the second electrified coil set comprises a second front electrified coil, a second left electrified coil, a second right electrified coil, a second upper electrified coil, and a second lower electrified coil, and the first front electrified coil, the first left electrified coil, the first right electrified coil, the first upper electrified coil, and the first lower electrified coil correspond to the second front electrified coil, the second left electrified coil, the second right electrified coil, the second upper electrified coil, and the second lower electrified coil respectively.

3. The multi-orientation fingertip planar tactile feedback device according to claim 2 , wherein the first front electrified coil, the first left electrified coil, the first right electrified coil, the first upper electrified coil and the first lower electrified coil are arranged on the outer front wall, the outer left wall, the outer right wall, the outer upper wall and the outer lower wall respectively, and the second front electrified coil, the second left electrified coil, the second right electrified coil, the second upper electrified coil and the second lower electrified coil are arranged on the inner front wall, the inner left wall, the inner right wall, the inner upper wall and the inner lower wall respectively.

4. The multi-orientation fingertip planar tactile feedback device according to claim 3 , wherein the shell comprises a shell body and a shell cover provided on the shell body.

5. The multi-orientation fingertip planar tactile feedback device according to claim 2 , wherein an inner rear wall of the shell is provided with a through hole communicated with an interior of the shell.

6. The multi-orientation fingertip planar tactile feedback device according to claim 2 , wherein each of the outer left wall, the outer right wall, the outer upper wall, and the outer lower wall of the holder is provided with a first support block, the first support block is provided with a first connection hole, each of the inner left wall, the inner right wall, the inner upper wall, and the inner lower wall of the shell is provided with a second support block, and the second support block is provided with a second connection hole.

Assignees

• Univ Soochow

Inventors

• Chen Tao
• Dai Zhiwei
• Zhu Minglu
• Jia Huibin
• Sun Lining

Classifications

• G06F3/016 Primary

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• G06F3/014

  Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves · 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