Device for the distance exchange of tactile sensations (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

The invention consists of a device that allows two geographically separated people to feel that they touch the end of the finger through a virtual wall that separates them. The devices, each connected to their corresponding computer, have a hole in which it is possible to insert the finger. When use...

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Main Author TRIVINO BARROS GRACIAN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Spanish
Published 01.05.2009
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Summary:The invention consists of a device that allows two geographically separated people to feel that they touch the end of the finger through a virtual wall that separates them. The devices, each connected to their corresponding computer, have a hole in which it is possible to insert the finger. When user 1 inserts his finger on his device he will touch an object with the texture of a human finger on which he can exert a certain pressure. When user 2 introduces his finger in his, he will touch an object that moves towards him with a force equivalent to that generated in the remote device. The force exerted by the user 2 will be transmitted in turn to the user 1, thus producing an exchange of forces and displacements that will give them the feeling that they are touching. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) La invención consiste en un dispositivo que permite que dos personas separadas geográficamente tengan la sensación de que se tocan con el extremo del dedo a través de un muro virtual que les separa. Los dispositivos, cada uno conectado a su ordenador correspondiente, tienen un hueco en el que es posible introducir el dedo. Cuando el usuario 1 introduce el dedo en su dispositivo tocará un objeto con la textura de un dedo humano sobre la que puede ejercer una cierta presión. Cuando el usuario 2 introduzca el dedo en el suyo tocará un objeto que se desplaza hacia él con una fuerza equivalente a la generada en el dispositivo remoto. La fuerza ejercida por el usuario 2 se transmitirá a su vez al usuario 1 produciéndose así un intercambio de fuerzas y desplazamientos que les provocarán la sensación de que se están tocando.
Bibliography:Application Number: ES20070001692