US 12,260,743 B2
Information output device
Ju Yoon Kim, Gimpo-si (KR); Ji Ho Kim, Gimpo-si (KR); and Hyeon Cheol Park, Gwangmyeong-si (KR)
Assigned to Dot Incorporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by DOT INCORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/657,828.
Application 17/657,828 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/115,438, filed on Dec. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,322,003.
Application 17/115,438 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/KR2019/006857, filed on Jun. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0066339 (KR), filed on Jun. 8, 2018; and application No. 10-2021-0186176 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0230517 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 3/36 (2006.01); G08B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 6/00 (2013.01) 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information output apparatus comprising:
an upper unit comprising at least one expression unit, the expression unit being configured to move in at least one direction and to be sensed by a user;
a lower unit arranged to overlap the upper unit and comprising at least one driving force providing unit configured to provide a driving force for the expression unit,
the driving force providing unit comprising a driving support unit and a coil unit arranged around the driving support unit,
in response to an electric field being applied to the coil unit, and a current flowing through the coil unit, the driving force configured to cause the expression unit to move upward or downward, and
the lower unit comprising a first surface facing the upper unit and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and
a base unit arranged to overlap the lower unit and facing the second surface of the lower unit.