Patents Assigned to Videoakt AB
  • Patent number: 7231066
    Abstract: In a system (10) and a method for interpreting visual information and transmitting it to a human being through tactile influence of sensorial organs in its body, the system has a sensor module (12) capturing visual information; a control module (14), interpreting the captured information and controlling a tactile actuator module (16) in accordance with the interpreted information. An actuator module (16) transmits the interpreted information to a human being by electro-mechanically influencing sensorial organs in the skin of the human being, thereby creating an image in its brain. An image is corresponding to the visual information transmitted through the electro-mechanical actuator module (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Videoakt AB
    Inventors: Olof Lindahl, Robert Forchheimer, Haibo Li