Sony patents system that changes pressure feel during user actions
Sony describes a system that uses a device to apply physical pressure to a user's body. It adjusts the strength of this pressure based on what action the user is performing, creating a distinct change in sensation when the action shifts from one state to another.
In the filing’s own words
To provide a pressure sensation presentation system and a control apparatus that can present a pressure sensation to a user more clearly. A pressure sensation presentation system according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an output apparatus, a determination apparatus, and a control apparatus. The output apparatus applies a physical stimulus for presenting a pressure sensation to a user. The determination apparatus determines a state of a preset action of the user. The control apparatus includes a generation unit that generates a first driving signal to apply a first physical stimulus to the user when the state of the action is a first state, a second driving signal to apply a second physical stimulus different from the first physical stimulus to the user when the state of the action is a second state, and a third driving signal to apply a third physical stimulus to the user in a transition from the first state to the second state, the third physical stimulus including at least one of an upwardly convex change or a downwardly convex change in an amount of physical stimulus.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A pressure sensation presentation system, comprising: an output apparatus that applies a physical stimulus for presenting a pressure sensation to a user; a determination apparatus that determines a state of a preset action of the user; and a control apparatus including a generation unit that generates a first driving signal to apply a first physical stimulus to the user when the state of the action is a first state, a second driving signal to apply a second physical stimulus to the user when the state of the action is a second state, and a third driving signal to apply a third physical stimulus to the user in a transition from the first state to the second state, the third physical stimulus including at least one of an upwardly convex change or a downwardly convex change in an amount of physical stimulus.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- PRESSURE SENSATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL APPARATUS
- Publication number
- US20260288245A1
- Application number
- 18874231
- Filed
- May 23, 2023
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 16
Classified under
G06F 3/016 Physics & computingG06F 3/014 Physics & computingMore from Sony in Wearables
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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