Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100279738 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING FINGERNAIL TOUCH AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE OPERATION THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying, on a touch screen display of the mobile terminal, an operation screen corresponding to a current operating mode executing on the mobile terminal; detecting, via a detecting device, a touch input on the touch screen display of the mobile terminal; determining, via a controller on the mobile terminal, a first finger characteristic describing a finger touching the touch screen display and a second finger characteristic describing the finger touching the touch screen display that is different than the first finger characteristic; performing, via the controller, a first operation relevant to the current operating mode based on the determined first finger characteristic; and performing, via the controller, a second operation relevant to the current operating mode based on the determined second finger characteristic. | 11-04-2010 |
20130069861 | INTERFACE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FORCE - An interface controlling apparatus and method using a force may generate content control information by analyzing force input information received from at least one force sensor, and may control content based on the content control information. | 03-21-2013 |
20130069863 | TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS - A tactile feedback apparatus, system, and a method of operating the tactile feedback apparatus. The tactile feedback apparatus may detect a finger of a user touching a disk unit, determine a height at which the disk unit is supported, based on a signal generated by a sensor, and support a lower portion of the disk unit by controlling N driving units to be set at the determined height, thereby providing power sensed by the sensor to the finger of the user touching the disk unit. | 03-21-2013 |
20130088341 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR 3 DEGREE OF FREEDOM (3DOF) TACTILE FEEDBACK - A 3 degree of freedom (3DOF) tactile feedback apparatus and method are provided. The 3DOF tactile feedback apparatus may include a movable unit that may move in at least one direction to be in contact with human skin, and an actuator to move the movable unit based on an input signal. | 04-11-2013 |
20130207792 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIBRATION TRANSFER BETWEEN VIBRATION DEVICES - Provided is an apparatus and method for controlling a vibration transfer between vibration devices. The apparatus for controlling a vibration transfer may change vibration values of a plurality of vibration devices according to a movement of a virtual vibration body, thereby providing a user with a sense of touch of a movement of the virtual vibration body. | 08-15-2013 |
20130211418 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TACTILE FEEDBACK - An apparatus and method for a tactile feedback are provided. The tactile feedback apparatus may include a position measurement unit to measure a position of a mechanical link, and a tactile feedback unit to transmit a tactile sensation based on at least one of a position of the mechanical link and a rotation angle of the mechanical link. | 08-15-2013 |
20130289767 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FORCE TO BE USED FOR MOTION OF SURGICAL ROBOT - An apparatus and method for controlling a robot may scale a motion of a surgical robot based on a type of object gripped by the surgical robot. In the robot controlling method, by scaling the motion of the surgical robot based on the type of object gripped by the surgical robot, the surgical robot may automatically perform the motion on objects using an optimized force although a user does not control a force minutely based on the type of object gripped by the surgical robot. | 10-31-2013 |
20140002249 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140002355 | INTERFACE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FORCE | 01-02-2014 |
20140002390 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER INPUT | 01-02-2014 |
20140007700 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TACTILE SENSATION - An apparatus and method for measuring a tactile sensation is provided. The tactile sensation measuring apparatus may include a plurality of pressure measuring units, each to measure a magnitude of an external pressure applied, using a variable resistance material of which a resistance changes when an external pressure is applied, and a tactile sensation measuring unit to measure a three-dimensional (3D) tactile sensation corresponding to the external pressure, based on a position of each of the plurality of pressure measuring units, and the magnitude of the external pressure measured by each of the plurality of pressure measuring units. | 01-09-2014 |
20140012286 | SURGICAL TOOL, SURGICAL ROBOT HAVING THE SAME, AND REMOTE CONTROL ROBOT SYSTEM - A remote control robot system includes a surgical robot having a surgical tool which is used to perform minimally invasive surgery. The surgical tool includes a detection member having a plurality of detection parts, a support member, and an optical fiber disposed between the detection member and support member. A magnitude of force and a distribution of the force may be measured by individually disposing a plurality of optical fiber bragg gratings (FBGs) below the plurality of detection parts, respectively. Accordingly, the surgical robot or the remote control robot system may provide a more precise control function and a hand-touch diagnosis function. | 01-09-2014 |
20140018820 | PALPATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING ROBOT - A palpation apparatus and method using a robot may include a motion controller to control a motion of the robot based on an input of a user, and a force measuring unit to measure a magnitude of a reaction force of an object in contact with the robot based on the motion, through a sensor attached to the robot. | 01-16-2014 |
20140067123 | FORCE SENSING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF FORCE SENSING APPARATUS - A force sensing apparatus and an operating method of the force sensing apparatus may obtain and provide information about a force applied to an object, thereby enabling control of a force to be applied to manipulate the object. | 03-06-2014 |
20140071506 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE - A holographic object processing apparatus and method are provided. The holographic object processing apparatus may include a display device to output a holographic object, a database (DB) to store change information of the holographic object according to a distance between a control object and the holographic object, a distance measurement sensor to measure the distance between the control object and the holographic object, and a processing unit to extract change information corresponding to the measured distance from the DB and change the holographic object based on the extracted change information. The display device may output the changed holographic object. | 03-13-2014 |
20140150572 | TACTILE SENSOR - A tactile sensor includes a first substrate including a plurality of first electrodes, a second substrate including a plurality of second electrodes corresponding to the plurality of first electrodes, and a dielectric substance disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a second electrode corresponding to any one of the first electrodes is offset in one direction with respect to the any one of the first electrodes while a second electrode corresponding to another first electrode neighboring the any one of the first electrodes is offset in another direction. | 06-05-2014 |
20140253304 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a tactile output unit configured to contact a part of a human body; a connection unit including a wire connected to the tactile output unit and made of a flexible and elastic material, and a tube enclosing the wire; and a driving unit to supply a driving force to the connection unit. | 09-11-2014 |
20140260675 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TACTILE INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for measuring a tactile information, using a material having variable pressure dependent properties is disclosed. The apparatus for measuring the tactile information may include a plurality of pressure measurement units to measure a magnitude of an external pressure using a material having variable properties, and a tactile information measurement unit to measure a three-dimensional (3D) tactile information based on the external pressure using a location of the plurality of pressure measurement units and a pressure measured by the plurality of pressure measurement units. | 09-18-2014 |
20140334767 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BENDING AND TOUCH USING OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - An apparatus and method for measuring bending of an object, a position of an item touching the object, and a shearing force of the item using an optical waveguide may include a frequency measurer to measure a frequency of light reflected from a grating of an optical waveguide, and a bending measurer to determine bending of an object to which the optical waveguide is attached using the frequency. | 11-13-2014 |
20150055308 | VARIABLE STIFFNESS FILM, VARIABLE STIFFNESS FLEXIBLE DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE VARIABLE STIFFNESS FILM - A variable stiffness film, a variable stiffness flexible display, and a manufacturing method thereof may include a lower electrode, a variable fluid, and an upper electrode. A polymer layer may be formed on the lower electrode, and a variable fluid receiving portion is patterned on the polymer layer. A variable stiffness layer is formed by putting a variable fluid in the variable fluid receiving portion. The upper electrode is formed on the variable fluid layer. | 02-26-2015 |