Haptic system for providing sensory augmentation to a subject and method thereof

There is provided a haptic system for providing sensory augmentation to a subject, the haptic system including a haptic surface for interacting with the subject, the haptic surface including an array of haptic portions, each haptic portion configured to be controllable to perform a haptic action; an...

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Main Author Vonikakis, Vasileios
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 23.07.2019
Subjects
ALARM SYSTEMS
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
ORDER TELEGRAPHS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PHYSICS
SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
SIGNALLING
SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Summary:There is provided a haptic system for providing sensory augmentation to a subject, the haptic system including a haptic surface for interacting with the subject, the haptic surface including an array of haptic portions, each haptic portion configured to be controllable to perform a haptic action; an image generator configured to generate a depth map based on information obtained on a scene captured of a surrounding environment; and a controller configured to control each of the array of haptic portions based on a property of a corresponding portion of the depth map. There is also provided a corresponding method for providing sensory augmentation to a subject and a vehicle having installed therein the haptic system.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201815922476