Patents Assigned to BHAPTICS INC.
-
Patent number: 11893157Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing apparatus includes a plurality of actuators and a plurality of actuator cases respectively corresponding to the plurality of actuators. Each of the actuator cases includes: a cap covering an upper portion of a corresponding actuator; and a base covering a lower portion of the actuator, the base being connected to the cap to fix the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.Inventors: Ki Uk Gwak, Bo Gyeong Kim
-
Publication number: 20240032617Abstract: A tactile stimulus providing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is a tactile stimulus providing apparatus in the form of a vest and includes a first front panel including first actuators arranged between one side and the other side, a second front panel including second actuators arranged between one side and the other side, and a rear panel including third actuators and connected to the first front panel and the second front panel, wherein the first front panel further includes a first recess formed to extend along the one side, and the second front panel further includes a second recess formed to extend along the one side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: BHAPTICS INC.Inventors: Ki Uk GWAK, Young Joo JO
-
Patent number: 11841730Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing system includes: an apparatus for generating first actuator strength values corresponding to representative values of frequency bands of first audio data and second actuator strength values corresponding to representative values of frequency bands of second audio data; and an apparatus for driving actuators, based on the first actuator strength values and the second actuator strength values, wherein a number of the actuators is smaller than a number of the first and second actuator strength values, the first audio data includes information on a first direction, the second audio data includes information on a second direction, an actuator corresponding to first position information is driven based on only at least one of the first actuator strength values, and an actuator corresponding to second position information is driven based on only at least one of the second actuator strength values.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Bhaptics Inc.Inventors: Sang Won Choi, Ki Uk Gwak
-
Patent number: 11809627Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing device includes: a wearing part having a first side and a second side that is the opposite side of the first side, wherein actuators are disposed between the first side and the second side; a first main band having one end located in the vicinity of the first side of the wearing part and the other end fastenable to the vicinity of the second side of the wearing part; and a sub-band having one end located in the vicinity of a third side of the wearing part and the other end fastenable to the vicinity of the third side of the wearing part.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.Inventors: Kiuk Gwak, Younghun Ko, Wonho Yu
-
Patent number: 11726574Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing system includes: a tactile stimulation pattern generating apparatus for generating a tactile stimulation pattern through a user interface including a plurality of virtual actuators to which positions of a plurality of actuators are mapped; and a tactile stimulation providing apparatus including the plurality of actuators, the tactile stimulation providing apparatus driving the plurality of actuators according to the generated tactile stimulation pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.Inventor: Ki Uk Gwak
-
Patent number: 11513599Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing apparatus includes a plurality of actuators and a plurality of actuator cases respectively corresponding to the plurality of actuators. Each of the actuator cases includes: a cap covering an upper portion of a corresponding actuator; and a base covering a lower portion of the actuator, the base being connected to the cap to fix the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.Inventors: Ki Uk Gwak, Bo Gyeong Kim
-
Patent number: 11366524Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing system includes: a tactile stimulation pattern generating apparatus for generating a tactile stimulation pattern through a user interface including a plurality of virtual actuators to which positions of a plurality of actuators are mapped; and a tactile stimulation providing apparatus including the plurality of actuators, the tactile stimulation providing apparatus driving the plurality of actuators according to the generated tactile stimulation pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2016Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.Inventor: Ki Uk Gwak
-
Patent number: 11209904Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing device includes: a wearing part having a first side and a second side that is the opposite side of the first side, wherein actuators are disposed between the first side and the second side; a first main band having one end located in the vicinity of the first side of the wearing part and the other end fastenable to the vicinity of the second side of the wearing part; and a sub-band having one end located in the vicinity of a third side of the wearing part and the other end fastenable to the vicinity of the third side of the wearing part.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.Inventors: Kiuk Gwak, Younghun Ko, Wonho Yu
-
Patent number: 11131856Abstract: A head mounted display in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display capable of displaying an image; a buffer extending along an outer edge of the display; and a plurality of actuators located along a direction in which the buffer extends.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2018Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.Inventors: Kiuk Gwak, Younghun Ko, Wonho Yu
-
Patent number: 10990178Abstract: A tactile stimulation providing apparatus includes a plurality of actuators and a plurality of actuator cases respectively corresponding to the plurality of actuators. Each of the actuator cases includes: a cap covering an upper portion of a corresponding actuator; and a base covering a lower portion of the actuator, the base being connected to the cap to fix the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: BHAPTICS INC.Inventors: Ki Uk Gwak, Bo Gyeong Kim