Vibration data generation program and vibration data generation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016067743-A1
Application number	US-201514944654-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 18, 2015
Priority date	Jun 21, 2013
Publication date	Mar 10, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A vibration data generation device that generates vibration data for a vibration reproduction device, which has a plurality of vibrators, in order to control each vibrators, includes an acquisition part that acquires information indicating a virtual vibration source which is input to an input part and a generation part that generates vibration data which includes a vibration pattern of each of the plurality of vibrators of the vibration reproduction device for reproducing a position of the acquired virtual vibration source.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A vibration data generation device that generates vibration data for a vibration reproduction device, which has a plurality of vibrators, in order to control each vibrators, the vibration data generation device comprising:
an acquisition part that acquires information indicating a virtual vibration source which is input to an input part; and a generation part that generates vibration data which includes a vibration pattern of each of the plurality of vibrators of the vibration reproduction device for reproducing a position of the acquired virtual vibration source.

2 . The vibration data generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition part acquires a position of the virtual vibration source.

3 . The vibration data generation device according to claim 2 , wherein the position of the virtual vibration source is a center of gravity obtained by weighting positions of the plurality of vibrators by amplitudes of the vibrators.

4 . The vibration data generation device according to claim 1 , wherein the acquisition part acquires a locus of the position of the virtual vibration source.

5 . The vibration data generation device according to claim 4 , wherein the acquisition part makes a display part to display an input reception screen which displays a candidate for the locus of the position of the virtual vibration source, and acquires a locus corresponding to the candidate for the locus of the position of the virtual vibration source which was selected based on an input for the input part as the locus of the position of the virtual vibration source.

6 . The vibration data generation device according to claim 5 , wherein the generation part (i) reads a vibration pattern corresponding to the candidate for the locus of the position of the virtual vibration source which was selected based on the input for the input part among vibration patterns of the plurality of vibrators stored in the storage part associated with the candidate for the locus of the position of the virtual vibration source from the storage part, and (ii) generates vibration data including the read vibration pattern.

7 . The vibration data generation device according to claim 4 ,
wherein the display part has an area in which the locus of the position of the virtual vibration source can be manually drawn by the input part; and wherein the acquisition part acquires the locus drawn in the area as the locus of the position of the virtual vibration source.

8 . The vibration data generation device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the vibration reproduction device has substantially a rectangular shape, and wherein the vibrator is disposed in a vicinity of each of four corners of the rectangular shape.

9 . A vibration data generation program for causing a computer to generate vibration data for a vibration reproduction device, which has a plurality of vibrators, in order to control each vibrators, the vibration data generation program causing the computer to execute:
a process of acquiring information indicating a virtual vibration source which is input to an input part; and a process of generating vibration data which includes a vibration pattern of each of the plurality of vibrators of the vibration reproduction device for reproducing a position of the acquired virtual vibration source.

10 . The vibration data generation device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a display controller that makes the display part to display the position of the virtual vibration source during reproduction of the vibration pattern of each of the plurality of vibrators.

11 . The vibration data generation device according to claim 10 , wherein the display controller changes a display form of the virtual vibration source according to an intensity of vibration at a reproduction time in the vibration pattern

Assignees

• Nikon Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Mikiya
• Yagi Takeshi

Classifications

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/016

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

• B06B1/0269 Primary

  for generating multiple frequencies · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title