TACTILE SENSATION PRESENTING DEVICE

Organization Name

Sharp Display Technology Corporation

Inventor(s)

Masafumi Ueno of Kameyama City JP

Tomonori Yoshida of Kameyama City JP

Takuma Yamamoto of Kameyama City JP

Yasuhiro Sugita of Kameyama City JP

TACTILE SENSATION PRESENTING DEVICE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18910229 titled 'TACTILE SENSATION PRESENTING DEVICE

Original Abstract Submitted

A tactile sensation presenting device includes: a tactile sensation presenting section having a plurality of electrodes to present a tactile sensation by electrical stimulation at a specific portion of a user; and a control section capable of controlling the tactile sensation presenting section to provide electrical stimulation using at least one of the plurality of electrodes as an anode and at least another one of the plurality of electrodes as a cathode. The control section measures a flowability of an electric current through the specific portion of the user and adjusts an execution mode of the electrical stimulation based on a result of the measurement.