NL1041421B1 - Social touch through temperature communication system, method and device. - Google Patents

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NL1041421B1
NL1041421B1 NL1041421A NL1041421A NL1041421B1 NL 1041421 B1 NL1041421 B1 NL 1041421B1 NL 1041421 A NL1041421 A NL 1041421A NL 1041421 A NL1041421 A NL 1041421A NL 1041421 B1 NL1041421 B1 NL 1041421B1
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The invention relates to a social touch communication system for temperature. A social touch communication system for temperature is a system that can communicate the sense of touch through interactive temperature changing surfaces, comprising two devices in communication with each other, or one device in combination with a virtual reality. Manipulation of the temperature of the surfaces is achieved by at least one actuator in each devices changing the temperature of said surfaces, and two users, one on each device, touching said surfaces. If one user is a virtual character in a virtual reality, there is only one device in the system.The invention relates to a social touch communication system for temperature. A social touch communication system for temperature is a system that can communicate the sense of touch through interactive temperature changing surfaces, including two devices in communication with each other, or one device in combination with a virtual reality. Manipulation of the temperature of the surfaces is achieved by at least one actuator in each device changing the temperature of said surfaces, and two users, one on each device, touching said surfaces. If one user is a virtual character in a virtual reality, there is only one device in the system.

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Social touch through temperature communication system, method and device
The invention relates to a social touch communication system for temperature. A social touch communication system for temperature is a system that can communicate the sense of touch through interactive temperature changing surfaces, comprising two devices in communication with each other, or one device in combination with a virtual reality. Manipulation of the temperature of the surfaces is achieved by at least one actuator in each devices changing the temperature of said surfaces, and two users, one on each device, touching said surfaces. If one user is a virtual character in a virtual reality, there is only one device in the system.
The invention aims at a cost effective and/or reliable system which gives users a social touch sensing experience which is as natural as possible.
According to the invention, the system comprises a computer network comprising at least one computer or mobile device (e.g. smartphone or tablet) having a processing unit, and two social touch input/output devices connected to said computer network at different locations, and computer software arranged to run on said computer processing unit, said social touch input/output devices each comprising: a housing designed to be held comfortably by a human hand; at least one actuator in said housing, wherein said actuator comprises a heating element, one or more temperature sensors, and a touch member having an outer surface, said touch member being arranged to be manipulated in temperature at predetermined intervals, both higher and lower, such that a user can feel the temperature by touching said outer surface; said actuator being provided with means arranged to determine continuously the relative temperature of said outer surface, and means arranged to communicate continuously at said predetermined intervals said relative temperature to said computer processing unit; wherein said computer software is arranged to use said relative temperature and the difference between the current relative temperature and at least the relative temperature determined in the previous intervals, of two corresponding actuators in said two devices to calculate two next temperatures of outer surfaces, one for each of said actuators, and to communicate said next relative temperatures to the respective actuators; and wherein said actuators arc arranged to manipulate said outer surfaces instantly to the calculated and communicated next relative temperature.
Preferably said social touch input/output devices are substantially identical and each device comprises a multitude of said actuators, wherein said software is arranged to communicate said temperature parameters between each one actuator in one device and the corresponding actuator in the other device.
Said social touch input / output devices can have various dimensions so as to fit a child or adult person's hand, wherein said multitude of actuators are arranged such that the outer surfaces of said actuators extend in a substantially curved surface and can simultaneously touch all different parts of said hand, being at least each of the five fingers and the palm of said hand.
Said outer surfaces of said multitude of actuators are preferably covered by one flexible membrane, for instance a rubber membrane.
Said computer software is preferably arranged to calculate said two next temperatures of said outer surfaces such, that if a temperature is determined in one of said actuators, the corresponding actuator is brought to that temperature, instantly or as quickly as the actuator allows, and the same occurs vice versa, from the corresponding actuator to the first, such that a smooth natural feeling temperature change is experienced by users operating the devices as if their two hands were in mutual physical contact.
Optionally, in order to even further extend the use of the social touch communication system, it may be possible to arrange the computer programme such that predetermined temperature changes are used, for instance in accordance with a corresponding audio and/or visual recording, or that temperature changes occur in accordance with input from a visual reality system, for instance when the user operating one device is not a human but a virtual character.
The predetermined interval of the system is preferably less than 50 ms, more preferably less than 15 ms, still more preferably less than 5 ms. The smaller the interval, the smoother the system will react. The possible interval is largely dependent on the processing power of the processing unit(s) used, and the specifications of the temperature actuator.
The invention furthermore relates to a social touch input/output device comprising: a housing designed to be held comfortably by a human hand ; at least one actuator in said housing ; wherein said actuator comprises a heating element, at least one temperature sensor and a touch member having an outer surface, said touch member being arranged to be temperature manipulated at predetermined intervals, such that a user can feel the temperature changes by touching said outer surface ; said actuator being provided with means arranged to determine continuously at said predetermined intervals the relative temperature on said outer surface, and means arranged to communicate continuously at said predetermined intervals said relative temperature to a computer processing unit; and wherein said actuator is arranged to manipulate said outer surface instantly to a calculated and communicated next relative temperature.
Furthermore the invention relates to a method for communicating social touch sense between two persons, or between a person and a virtual character, using a social touch communication system comprising a computer network comprising at least one computer having a processing unit, and two social touch input / output devices connected to said computer network at different locations, and computer software running on said computer processing unit, said social touch input / output devices each comprising: a housing designed to be held comfortably by a human hand; at least one actuator in said housing, wherein said actuator comprises a heating element, at least one temperature sensor and a touch member having an outer surface, said touch member being arranged to be temperature manipulated, such that a user feels said temperature changes by touching said outer surface and can touch said surface in order to provide it with the user's own skin temperature ; said actuator being provided with means which determine continuously at said predetermined intervals the relative temperature on said outer surface, and means which communicate continuously at said predetermined intervals said relative temperature to said computer processing unit; wherein said computer software uses said relative temperature of two corresponding actuators in said two devices to calculate two next temperatures of outer surfaces, one for each of said actuators, and communicates said next relative temperatures to the respective actuators ; and wherein said actuators change said outer surfaces instantly to the calculated and communicated next relative temperature.
The invention also relates to a computer software programme arranged to cany out the method, as well as to a social touch input / output device in combination with such a computer software programme.
The invention will now be described by means of a preferred embodiment, with reference to the drawings, wherein:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a social touch device used in the system of the invention ;
Figure 2 is a schematic layout, seen from the side, of actuators in the social touch device of figure 1;
Figure 3 is a perspective explosion view of the device of figure 1;
Figure 4 is a perspective sectional view of the actuator used in the social touch device of figure 1;
Figure 5 is a schematic view of a system according to the invention.
According to figures 1 and 2 the social touch device comprises a housing, which can be placed stably on a table and which can be picked up and held by a hand. The shell is provided with surface areas for the exchange of temperature between the hand and the device.
The shape and dimensions of the housing can vary in size, so as to be held easily by the hand of a person of any age, child or adult. According to figure 2, the primary heated surface is the area that touches the palm of the hand, and the possible additional heated surface is the area that touches the bottom (palm-side) of the fingers. However, the heated area can in principle be any surface area of the device. The device is suited for both left and right handed people.
As shown in figure 3, the device comprises a temperature sensor 1, for instance a thermistor, another temperature sensor 2, also possibly a thermistor, and a temperature actuator 3, for instance a heating paper or heating pad, all placed against the housing 4. Temperature sensor 1 measures the temperature of the hand holding the device, whereas temperature sensor 2 measures the temperature of the temperature actuator.
The working principle of the social touch communication system is such that once a user holds a device that is in communication with another device, the temperature of that user, as measured by the temperature sensor 1, is communicated to the other device, and the heating actuator in the other device is brought to a temperature corresponding with the first user’s hand, so that the other user can feel the temperature of the first user’s hand. The same happens in the other direction, ie. the first user can feel the warmth of the other user’s hand because the temperature actuator of the first user’s device is changed according to the temperature of the other user’s hand.
In figure 4, the additional temperature sensor (numbered 2 in figure 3) is not visible, because placed between the heating paper and the housing, and therefore the numbers in figure 4 are 1 for the first temperature sensor, 2 for the temperature actuator and 3 for the housing.
Figure 5 shows the system of the invention, wherein two smartphones, tablets or personal computers 21 are connected through the internet 20, and each smartphone, tablet or personal computer is connected to a social touch device 100, either with a cable or wirelessly.
It is, however, noted explicitly that any one side of figure 5 can be virtual in the sense that a human hand can feel the ‘warmth’ of a virtual character’s hand, this virtual character being either human or non-human, in which case there would not be two devices communicating between each other, but only one, communicating with a hand inside a virtual reality.
Also noted is that the processing unit normally found in a computer, tablet or smartphone can also be placed inside the social touch input/output device itself, thereby eliminating the need for a wireless connection between the social touch device and a separate computer or mobile device, and schematically creating a direct link between the social touch device and the internet.
The invention has thus been described by means of a preferred embodiment. It is to be understood, however, that this disclosure is merely illustrative, and extends to other embodiments, including gloves. Various details of the structure and function were presented, but changes made therein, to the full extent extended by the general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed, are understood to be within the principle of the present invention. The description and drawings shall be used to interpret the claims. The claims should not be interpreted as meaning that the extent of the protection sought is to be understood as that defined by the strict, literal meaning of the wording used in the claims, the description and drawings being employed only for the purpose of resolving an ambiguity found in the claims. For the purpose of determining the extent of protection sought by the claims, due an 6 ^valent to a„ . 10 &i element ment specified

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Een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking, bevattende een computer netwerk, bevattende ten minste één computer, tablet of mobiele telefoon met een verwerkingseenheid en twee invoer/uitvoer apparaten voor sociale aanraking verbonden met genoemd computer netwerk op verschillende geografische locaties, en computer software geschikt of te functioneren op genoemde computer verwerkingseenheid, genoemde invoer/uitvoer apparaten voor sociale aanraking elk bevattende : een behuizing geschikt om vast te worden gehouden door een menselijke hand, of omvattende een hand (bijv. een handschoen); minimaal één actuator in genoemde behuizing, met het kenmerk dat genoemde actuator bestaat uit een verwarmings- of koelingselement, één of meer temperatuur-sensoren en een aanrakingselement met uitwendig oppervlak, genoemd aanrakingselement zo ontworpen dat het van temperatuur kan veranderen in twee richtingen, hoger en lager, zodanig dat een gebruiker genoemde temperatuursverandering kan volley door genoemd uitwendig oppervlak aan te raken; genoemde actuator is voorzien van een manier om in staat te zijn continu bij genoemde intervallen de relatieve temperatuur te bepalen op genoemd uitwendig oppervlak en de mogelijkheid om continu de genoemde relatieve temperatuur te communiceren met genoemde computer verwerkingseenheid; waarbij genoemde computer software is ingericht om de genoemde relatieve temperatuur van twee overeenkomstige actuatoren te communiceren naar de respectievelijke actuators ; en waarin genoemde actuatoren zo zijn geplaatst om het uitwendig oppervlak direct van temperatuur te veranderen naar de berekende en gecommuniceerde volgende relatieve temperatuur.A social touch communication system, comprising a computer network, containing at least one computer, tablet or mobile phone with a processing unit and two input / output devices for social touch connected to said computer network at different geographical locations, and computer software suitable or to function on said computer processing unit, said social touch input / output devices each comprising: a housing adapted to be held by a human hand, or comprising a hand (e.g., a glove); at least one actuator in said housing, characterized in that said actuator consists of a heating or cooling element, one or more temperature sensors and a contact element with external surface, said contact element designed so that it can change temperature in two directions, higher and higher bearing such that a user can volley said temperature change by touching said external surface; said actuator is provided with a means to be able to continuously determine the relative temperature on said external surface at said intervals and the ability to continuously communicate said relative temperature with said computer processing unit; wherein said computer software is adapted to communicate said relative temperature of two corresponding actuators to the respective actuators; and wherein said actuators are positioned to directly change the external surface of the temperature to the calculated and communicated next relative temperature. 2. Een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking in overeenstemming met conclusie 1, met het kenmerk dat genoemde actuator is gemonteerd in een behuizing die herhaalbare temperatuursverandering toestaat.A social touch communication system according to claim 1, characterized in that said actuator is mounted in a housing that allows repeatable temperature change. 3. Een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking in overeenstemming met elk van de afzonderlijke conclusies, met het kenmerk dat genoemde invoer/uitvoer apparaten voor sociale aanraking substantieel identiek zijn en elk apparaat een veelvoud van genoemde actuatoren omvat, waarbij genoemde software is gericht op het communiceren van genoemde temperatuur tussen elk individuele actuator in één apparaat en de overeenkomende actuator in het andere apparaat.A social touch communication system according to any of the individual claims, characterized in that said social touch input / output devices are substantially identical and each device comprises a plurality of said actuators, said software being focused on communicating said temperature between each individual actuator in one device and the corresponding actuator in the other device. 4. Een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking in overeenstemming met conclusie 3, met het kenmerk dat genoemd invoer/uitvoer apparaat voor sociale aanraking dusdanige afmetingen heeft dat het comfortable vastgehouden kan worden door de hand van een kind of volwassene, en waarbij het genoemde veelvoud van actuators zodanig zijn geplaatst onder het uitwendige oppervlak dat de aanrakingselementen van genoemde actuatoren verdeeld zijn over een substantieel gebogen oppervlak en zodoende alle onderdelen van genoemde hand kunnen aanraken, zijnde minimaal de palm en/of één of elk van de vijf vingers van genoemde hand.A social touch communication system according to claim 3, characterized in that said social touch input / output device has dimensions such that it can be comfortably held by the hand of a child or adult, and wherein said plurality of actuators are positioned below the external surface such that the touch elements of said actuators are distributed over a substantially curved surface and thus can touch all parts of said hand, being at least the palm and / or one or each of the five fingers of said hand. 5. Een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking in overeenstemming met elk van de afzonderlijke conclusies, met het kenmerk dat de genoemde aanrakingselementen en genoemde uitwendige oppervlakken van genoemd veelvoud van actuators afgedekt zijn door één flexibel membraan, zoals een rubber membraan.A social contact communication system according to any of the individual claims, characterized in that said touch elements and said external surfaces of said plurality of actuators are covered by one flexible membrane, such as a rubber membrane. 6. Een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking in overeenstemming met elk van de afzonderlijke conclusies, met het kenmerk dat genoemde computer software is ingericht om de twee volgende relatieve temperaturen van genoemd uitwendig oppervlak te berekenen zodanig, dat genoemde twee actuators in temperatuur veranderd worden, zodanig dat een soepele en natuurlijk aanvoelende temperatuursverandering wordt ervaren door gebruikers die het apparaat bedienen, alsof hun twee handen fysiek contact zouden maken.A social touch communication system according to any of the separate claims, characterized in that said computer software is adapted to calculate the two following relative temperatures of said external surface such that said two actuators are changed in temperature such that a smooth and naturally sensible temperature change is experienced by users operating the device as if their two hands were making physical contact. 7. Een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking in overeenstemming met elk van de afzonderlijke conclusies, met het kenmerk dat genoemde software is ingericht om genoemde twee volgende temperaturen te berekenen middels een algoritme dat over tijd rekening houdt met vertraging over afstand en inactiviteit van genoemde gebruikers.A social touch communication system in accordance with any of the separate claims, characterized in that said software is arranged to calculate said two subsequent temperatures by means of an algorithm that takes into account over time delays and inactivity of said users. 8. Een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking in overeenstemming met elk van de afzonderlijke voorgaande conclusies, met het kenmerk dat genoemde vooraf gedefinieerde intervallen kleiner zijn dan 50 milliseconden, en bij voorkeur kleiner zijn dan 15 milliseconden, en in het meest ideale geval kleiner zijn dan 5 milliseconden.A social touch communication system according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said predefined intervals are less than 50 milliseconds, and preferably less than 15 milliseconds, and ideally less than 5 milliseconds. 9. Een invoer/uitvoer apparaat voor sociale aanraking bevattende : een behuizing geschikt om vast te worden gehouden door een menselijke hand; ten minste één actuator in genoemde behuizing, gekenmerkt door genoemde actuator die omvat een verwarmings- en/of koelingselement, ten minste één temperstuursensor, en een aanrakingselement met een uitwendig oppervlak, genoemd aanrakingselement zo ontworpen dat het van temperatuur kan veranderen in twee richtingen, hoger en lager, zodanig dat een gebruiker temperatuursverandering kan voelen door aanraking van het uitwendige oppervlak ; genoemde actuator omvat het continu kunnen meten van de relatieve temperatuur op genoemd uitwendig oppervlak met genoemde intervallen en het continu kunnen bepalen van de temperatuur van genoemd uitwendig oppervlak, en de mogelijkheid om genoemde relatieve temperatuur continu te communiceren met genoemde intervallen naar een computer verwerkingseenheid; en waarbij genoemde actuator is ingericht om het genoemde uitwendige oppervlak van temperatuur te veranderen naar de berekende en gecommuniceerde volgende relatieve temperatuur.A social touch input / output device comprising: a housing adapted to be held by a human hand; at least one actuator in said housing, characterized by said actuator comprising a heating and / or cooling element, at least one temperature control sensor, and a touch element with an external surface, said touch element designed to change its temperature in two directions, higher and lower, such that a user can feel a change in temperature by touching the external surface; said actuator comprises being able to continuously measure the relative temperature on said external surface at said intervals and to be able to continuously determine the temperature of said external surface, and the ability to continuously communicate said relative temperature at said intervals to a computer processing unit; and wherein said actuator is adapted to change said external surface temperature to the calculated and communicated next relative temperature. 10. Een methode voor het communiceren van lichaams- en/of handwarmte tussen twee personen, gebruikmakend van een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking omvattende een computer netwerk omvattende ten minste één computer met een verwerkingseenheid, en twee invoer / uitvoer apparaten voor sociale aanraking verbonden met genoemd computer netwerk vanaf verschillende geografische locaties, en computer software werkend op genoemde computer verwerkingseenheid, genoemd invoer / uitvoer apparaat voor sociale aanraking omvat: een behuizing geschikt om vast te worden gehouden door een menselijke hand ; ten minste één actuator in genoemde behuizing, waarbij genoemde actuator omvat een verwarmings- en/of koelingselement, ten minste één temperatuursensor, en een aanrakingselement met een uitwendig oppervlak, genoemd aanrakingselement van temperatuur veranderend over voorafgestelde intervallen in twee richtingen, hoger en lager, zodanig dat een gebruiker genoemde temperatuursverandering voelt door aanraking van genoemd uitwendig oppervlak en de temperatuur kan bepalen op genoemd uitwendig oppervlak; genoemde actuator omvat het continu kunnen meten van de relatieve temperatuur op genoemd uitwendig oppervlak met genoemde intervallen en het continu kunnen bepalen van de temperatuur van genoemd uitwendig oppervlak, en de mogelijkheid om genoemde relatieve temperatuur continu te communiceren met genoemde intervallen naar een computer verwerkingseenheid; gekenmerkt door genoemde computer software die genoemde relatieve temperatuur als bepaald tijdens het vorige interval van twee overeenkomstige actuatoren in genoemde twee apparaten om twee volgende relatieve temperaturen van het uitwendige oppervlak te berekenen, één voor elk van de genoemde actuatoren, en het communiceren van genoemde volgende relatieve temperaturen naar de betreffende actuators ; en gekenmerkt door genoemde actuatoren genoemde oppervlak direct van temperatuur kunnen veranderen naar de berekende en gecommuniceerde volgende relatieve temperatuur.A method for communicating body and / or hand heat between two people, using a social touch communication system comprising a computer network comprising at least one computer with a processing unit, and two input / output devices for social touch connected to said computer network from different geographic locations, and computer software operating on said computer processing unit, said social touch input / output device comprises: a housing adapted to be held by a human hand; at least one actuator in said housing, said actuator comprising a heating and / or cooling element, at least one temperature sensor, and a touch element with an external surface, said touch element changing temperature over predetermined intervals in two directions, higher and lower, such that a user senses said temperature change by touching said exterior surface and can determine the temperature on said exterior surface; said actuator comprises being able to continuously measure the relative temperature on said external surface at said intervals and to be able to continuously determine the temperature of said external surface, and the ability to continuously communicate said relative temperature at said intervals to a computer processing unit; characterized by said computer software that said relative temperature as determined during the previous interval of two corresponding actuators in said two devices to calculate two subsequent relative temperatures of the external surface, one for each of said actuators, and communicating said next relative temperatures to the relevant actuators; and characterized by said actuators being able to directly change said surface temperature to the calculated and communicated next relative temperature. 11. Een methode zoals gedefinieerd in conclusie 10, waarbij één van de gebruikers een virtueel personage is, waardoor het systeem slechts één fysiek invoer/uitvoer apparaat omvat.A method as defined in claim 10, wherein one of the users is a virtual character, whereby the system comprises only one physical input / output device. 12. Een computer software programma ingericht om de methode uit te voeren zoals beschreven in conclusie 10.A computer software program adapted to perform the method as described in claim 10. 13. Een invoer / uitvoer apparaat voor sociale aanraking zoals gedefinieerd volgens elk van de aftonderlijke voorgaande conclusies in combinatie met een computer software programma ingericht om de methode uit te voeren zoals beschreven in conclusie 10.A social touch input / output device as defined according to any of the detailed preceding claims in combination with a computer software program adapted to perform the method as described in claim 10. 14. Een communicatiesysteem voor sociale aanraking in overeenstemming met elk van de afzonderlijke conclusies, met het kenmerk dat de genoemde verwerkingseenheid binnen in het apparaat is geplaatst, in plaats van in een computer, tablet of mobiele telefoon waardoor er schematisch een directe link is tussen het invoer/uitvoer apparaat en het internet.A social touch communication system in accordance with any of the individual claims, characterized in that said processing unit is placed inside the device, instead of in a computer, tablet or mobile phone whereby there is schematically a direct link between the input / output device and the internet.
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