US 12,239,175 B2
Tactile device
Toshiki Wada, Tokyo (JP); and Takako Ishihara, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/246,793
Filed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/040794
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/091336, PCT Pub. Date May 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354934 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 19/00 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 19/0024 (2013.01) [G08B 6/00 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tactile device comprising:
a wearing portion configured to be worn on an arm of a subject;
a tactile stimulus generation portion fixed to the wearing portion and configured to provide a tactile stimulus to a body surface of the subject; and
a positioning portion configured to make a place where the wearing portion is worn constant,
wherein:
the positioning portion includes two electrodes configured to be disposed at positions sandwiching an ulnar styloid process of the subject and configured to apply an electrical stimulus signal as the tactile stimulus, and
an angle θ formed by a direction in which the two electrodes extend and a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the arm of the subject extends is 15°≤θ<90°.