US 11,900,793 B2
Temperature stimulus presentation device and temperature stimulus presentation method
Arinobu Niijima, Musashino (JP); Toki Takeda, Musashino (JP); Takafumi Mukouchi, Musashino (JP); and Takashi Sato, Musashino (JP)
Assigned to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/786,240
Filed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/049311
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/124431, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0375316 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 3/36 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 6/00 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal stimulus presentation device comprising:
a presentation unit, implemented using one or more computing devices, configured to present a thermal stimulus within a mouth of a user;
a receiving unit including a circuit and configured to receive notification information that notified the user; and
a control unit, implemented using one or more computing devices, configured to, based on the notification information being received, control the thermal stimulus of the presentation unit,
wherein the presentation unit is configured to present the thermal stimulus within the mouth in accordance with the control of the control unit,
wherein the presentation unit includes a plurality of thermoelectric elements arranged along an axis, and
wherein controlling the thermal stimulus of the presentation unit comprises sequentially applying an electrical current to the plurality of thermoelectric elements along the axis, to thereby guide the user in a direction in which the electrical current is applied.