US 11,989,347 B2
Haptic glove apparatus and virtual reality apparatus including the same
Bongsu Shin, Seoul (KR); Jesung Koh, Suwon-si (KR); Hongseok Lee, Seoul (KR); Dongjin Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Baekgyeom Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR); and AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR); and AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/528,509.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0154352 (KR), filed on Nov. 18, 2020; and application No. 10-2021-0043509 (KR), filed on Apr. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155870 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A41D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [A41D 19/0024 (2013.01); G06F 3/014 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
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1. A haptic glove apparatus comprising:
a glove-shaped base portion; and
at least one actuator provided on the glove-shaped base portion,
wherein the at least one actuator comprises:
a first portion extending in a first direction and configured to expand or contract in the first direction; and
an second portion provided to surround the first portion of the at least one actuator and configured to expand or contract in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction based on an expansion or a contraction of the first portion,
wherein the second portion has a cross-sectional shape in the second direction having a first height at a center of the second portion, the first height being greater than a second height in the second direction at any location within the second portion other than the center of the second portion.