公开(公告)号：US12299201B2

公开(公告)日：2025-05-13

申请号：US18286524

申请日：2022-04-13

Applicant: The Texas A&M University System

Inventor： Changhyun Choi ,  Mary Cynthia Hipwell ,  Yuan Ma ,  Jonathan R. Felts

IPC: G06F3/041 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/20 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: A system for providing tactile feedback to a user includes a device comprising a touch surface to be touched by the user, one or more thermal elements distributed across the touch surface of the device and configured to heat the touch surface and thereby modulate the friction between the user's skin and the touch surface, and a controller connected to the one or more thermal elements and configured to control the operation of the one or more thermal elements to provide a plurality of predefined temperature distributions across the touch surface.

公开(公告)号：US20240201783A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-20

申请号：US18286524

申请日：2022-04-13

Applicant: The Texas A&M University System

Inventor： Changhyun Choi ,  Mary Cynthia Hipwell ,  Yuan Ma ,  Jonathan R. Felts

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  G06F1/16 ,  G06F1/20 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  G06F1/163 ,  G06F1/206 ,  G06F3/0416

Abstract: A system for providing tactile feedback to a user includes a device comprising a touch surface to be touched by the user, one or more thermal elements distributed across the touch surface of the device and configured to heat the touch surface and thereby modulate the friction between the user's skin and the touch surface, and a controller connected to the one or more thermal elements and configured to control the operation of the one or more thermal elements to provide a plurality of predefined temperature distributions across the touch surface.