US 11,893,879 B2
Stimulus presentation apparatus, stimulus presentation method and program
Toki Takeda, Musashino (JP); Arinobu Niijima, Musashino (JP); Takafumi Mukouchi, Musashino (JP); and Takashi Sato, Musashino (JP)
Assigned to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/773,776
Filed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/043635
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/090433, PCT Pub. Date May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0005344 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 3/36 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 6/00 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stimulus presentation device for stimulating a user with air from a plurality of air guns arranged so as to surround the user, the stimulus presentation device comprising:
a control unit, including one or more processors, configured to determine respective ejection times at which a plurality of air streams is to be ejected at given time intervals which allow the user to perceive an apparent motion as well as respective ejection azimuth directions in which the plurality of air streams are to be ejected and causes the air streams to be sequentially ejected from the respective air guns disposed in the respective ejection azimuth directions at the respective ejection times; and
an adjustment unit, including one or more processors, configured to (i) determine a plurality of different body sites on a body of the user to which the plurality of air streams is to be applied and (ii) adjust respective ejection angles of the individual air guns by controlling respective orientations of respective muzzles of the air guns to point the respective muzzles at the plurality of body sites.