Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus for creating a tactile sensation through non-invasive brain stimulation by using ultrasonic waves. The apparatus includes: an ultrasonic transducer module for inputting the ultrasonic waves to stimulate a specific part of the brain of a specified user non-invasively through at least one ultrasonic transducer unit; a compensating module for acquiring information on a range of tactile perception areas in the brain of the specified user and compensating properties of ultrasonic waves to be inputted to the specified user through the ultrasonic transducer unit by referring to the acquired information thereon; and an ultrasonic waves generating module for generating ultrasonic waves to be inputted to the specified user through the ultrasonic transducer unit by referring to a compensating value decided by the compensating module.
Abstract:
A method for performing occlusion queries is disclosed. The method includes steps of: (a) a graphics processing unit (GPU) using a first depth buffer of a first frame to thereby predict a second depth buffer of a second frame; and (b) the GPU performing occlusion queries for the second frame by using the predicted second depth buffer, wherein the first frame is a frame predating the second frame. In accordance with the present invention, a configuration for classifying the objects into the occluders and the occludees is not required and the occlusion queries for the predicted second frame are acquired in advance at the last of the first frame or the first of the second frame.
Abstract:
An apparatus interacting with an external device by using a pedal module is provided. The apparatus includes: a pedal module; a parallel position-measuring sensor for sensing a degree of a parallel motion; a rotary position-measuring sensor for sensing a degree of a rotary motion; and a control part for ordering the external device to be driven by referring to at least either of the degree of the parallel motion sensed by the parallel position-measuring sensor or that of the rotary motion sensed by the rotary position-measuring sensor or for receiving a control signal from the external device and driving a motor group including at least one motor to apply force feedback to the pedal module by referring to the control signal.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a telepresence device that is capable of enabling various types of verbal or non-verbal interaction between a remote user and a local user. In accordance with an embodiment, the telepresence device may include a camera combined with direction control means; a projector provided on a top of the camera, and configured such that a direction of the projector is controlled by the direction control means along with a direction of the camera; and a control unit configured to control the direction of the camera by operating the direction control means, to extract an object, at which a remote user gazes, from an image acquired by the camera whose direction has been controlled, to generate a projection image related to the object, and to project the projection image around the object by controlling the projector.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an apparatus for recognizing a gesture in a space. In accordance with an embodiment, a spatial gesture recognition apparatus includes a pattern formation unit for radiating light onto a surface of an object required to input a gesture in a virtual air bounce, and forming a predetermined pattern on the surface of the object, an image acquisition unit for acquiring a motion image of the object, and a processing unit for recognizing a gesture input by the object based on the pattern formed on the surface of the object using the acquired image. In this way, depending on the depths of an object required to input a gesture in a space, haptic feedbacks having different intensities are provided, and thus a user can precisely input his or her desired gesture.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to an auxiliary registration apparatus for registering a display device and an image sensor. The apparatus includes a camera; a panel interoperated with the camera and on which a first pattern is displayed; and a control part which allows the first pattern to be shot with the image sensor and a second pattern displayed on a screen of the display device to be shot with the camera; wherein the control part allows information on a transformation relationship between a coordinate system of the display device and that of the image sensor to be acquired by referring to information on a transformation relationship between a coordinate system of the panel and that of the image sensor and information on a transformation relationship between a coordinate system of the camera and that of the display device.
Abstract:
A method for displaying a shadow of a 3D virtual object, includes steps of: (a) acquiring information on a viewpoint of a user looking at a 3D virtual object displayed in a specific location in 3D space by a wall display device; (b) determining a location and a shape of a shadow of the 3D virtual object to be displayed by referring to information on the viewpoint of the user and the information on a shape of the 3D virtual object; and (c) allowing the shadow of the 3D virtual object to be displayed by at least one of the wall display device and a floor display device by referring to the determined location and the determined shape of the shadow of the 3D virtual object. Accordingly, the user is allowed to feel the accurate sense of depth or distance regarding the 3D virtual object.
Abstract:
Provided is a tactile feedback device including a tactile transmission element having an enclosed space inside, the tactile transmission element including a compression part which is compressed toward the enclosed space by an electrostatic force generated by the application of voltage, and a tactile part which transmits tactile sensation to a user by expansion with movement of air by the compression.
Abstract:
Provided is a tactile transmission device, which includes a base unit forming one surface of the tactile transmission device, a tip-tilt elastic member stacked on the base unit and configured to transmit a tactile feel to a finger of a user in a first direction oriented upward from a bottom surface of the finger and a second direction intersecting the first direction at a predetermined angle, and a cover disposed at an upper side of the tip-tilt elastic member to form another surface of the tactile transmission device.
Abstract:
Provided are a user interface device and a control method thereof for supporting easy and accurate selection of overlapped objects. The user interface device is a device for providing a user interface applied to a three-dimensional (3D) virtual space in which a plurality of virtual objects is created, and includes a gaze sensor unit to sense a user's gaze, an interaction sensor unit to sense the user's body motion for interaction with the virtual object in the 3D virtual space, a display unit to display the 3D virtual space, and a control unit to, when the user's gaze overlaps at least two virtual objects, generate projection objects corresponding to the overlapped virtual objects, wherein when an interaction between the projection object and the user is sensed, the control unit processes the interaction as an interaction between the virtual object corresponding to the projection object and the user.