US 11,861,066 B2
Computer system for providing tactile interface for real-time two-dimensional tactile input/output interaction of visually impaired people, and operating method thereof
Geehyuk Lee, Daejeon (KR); Jingun Jung, Daejeon (KR); Sunmin Son, Daejeon (KR); Sangyoon Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Yeonsu Kim, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Daejeon (KR)
Filed by Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon (KR)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,011.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0033518 (KR), filed on Mar. 15, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0166614 (KR), filed on Nov. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0291749 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [G09B 21/004 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operating method of a computer system that provides a tactile interface, the method comprising:
generating a tactile output corresponding to two-dimensional (2D) visual information for a first body surface of a user through a tactile output module that is in contact with the first body surface to define a first tactile plane on the first body surface;
defining a second tactile plane on a second body surface that corresponds spatially to the first body surface, the second tactile plane having tactile input locations corresponding spatially to tactile output locations on the first tactile plane on the first body surface;
sensing a tactile input for the second body surface of the user through the tactile input module; and
generating a control signal for the 2D visual information based on the tactile input.