Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120062248 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING APPROACH - A touch sensing apparatus includes an approach sensing electrode unit including a plurality of first approach sensing electrode arrays disposed on a substrate and a plurality of second approach sensing arrays disposed adjacent to the first approach sensing electrode arrays, a voltage supply unit to supply a voltage to any of the first approach sensing electrode arrays and the second approach sensing electrode arrays, a signal generation unit to generate an approach sensing signal by detecting a variation of capacitance generated between the first approach sensing electrode arrays and the second approach sensing electrode arrays, the variation of capacitance occurring in a 3-dimensional (3D) approach sensing region, and an information generation unit to generate contact information corresponding to the approach sensing signal generated by the signal generation unit. | 03-15-2012 |
20120068834 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD PROVIDING 3-DIMENSIONAL TACTILE FEEDBACK - Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) tactile sensation transferring system, apparatus, and method. The 3D tactile sensation transferring apparatus may include a stationary unit and a movable unit that is accommodated in the stationary unit and moves in at least one horizontal direction relative to a surface of a body for moving in the at least one horizontal direction while touching the surface of the body. The movable unit may be moved in the at least one direction by an actuator included in the 3D tactile sensation transferring apparatus. | 03-22-2012 |
20120071863 | Surgery robot system, surgery apparatus and method for providing tactile feedback - A surgery robot system provides tactile feedback. The surgery robot system includes a master robot and a slave robot mounted with a surgery tool including at least one tactile sensor that generates a tactile signal upon contact with a surgery region. The master robot is adapted to generate a control signal to control operation of the surgery tool and to receive and reproduce the tactile signal from the slave robot. | 03-22-2012 |
20120133585 | Apparatus and method for controlling object - An apparatus and method for controlling an object are provided. Motions of fingers present in a 3-dimensional (3D) sensing area are detected, and a pointer or an object being displayed is controlled corresponding to the detected motions. Therefore, input of a control signal may be achieved without a direct touch on a display device such as a terminal, thereby preventing leaving marks on a screen of the display. In addition, since the motions of fingers are detected within the 3D sensing area, not on a 2-dimensional (2D) plane, more types of input motions may be used. | 05-31-2012 |
20120139834 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OBJECTS - An apparatus and method for controlling an object are provided. The object control apparatus includes a detection module to detect deformation of a flexible display device, a storage module to store a first table including feature information regarding deformation of the flexible display device, and pattern information regarding deformation patterns of the flexible display device, the pattern information matching the feature information, and a control module to generate the feature information from deformation information regarding the detected deformation, to extract the pattern information corresponding to the generated feature information from the first table, and control at least one of a pointer and an object based on the extracted pattern information. | 06-07-2012 |
20120154131 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING FORCE VECTOR - A force vector transferring apparatus to transfer a force vector to a finger of a human being. The force vector transferring apparatus may include an outer wall being formed of a hard material, an inner wall being formed of a flexible material to surround an inserted object, and an actuator being disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall to transfer a force to the object through the inner wall. The force vector transferring apparatus may transfer, to an end portion of a finger of a human being, a force from a plurality of directions acting on an end portion of a robot finger. | 06-21-2012 |
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 |
20130186208 | FLEXIBLE TACTILE SENSOR APPARATUS - A flexible tactile sensor apparatus is provided. The flexible tactile sensor apparatus may obtain information about an applied force, using a resistance between an upper nano wire array of an upper plate and a lower nano wire array of a lower plate, which may be changed based on a distance, between the upper nano wire array and the lower nano wire array, adjusted in proportion to the force. | 07-25-2013 |
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 |
20130237995 | SURGERY ROBOT SYSTEM, SURGERY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK - A surgery robot system provides tactile feedback. The surgery robot system includes a master robot and a slave robot mounted with a surgery tool including at least one tactile sensor that generates a tactile signal upon contact with a surgery region. The master robot is adapted to generate a control signal to control operation of the surgery tool and to receive and reproduce the tactile signal from the slave robot. | 09-12-2013 |
20130265147 | CONTACT TYPE TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF CONTACT TYPE TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS - A contact type tactile feedback apparatus and operational method of the contact type tactile feedback apparatus is provided. The contact type tactile feedback apparatus may enable an object to be in close contact with a power feedback portion to transfer a power sensed by a sensor, using a fixing portion, thereby enabling the object to recognize the power, intuitively. | 10-10-2013 |
20140002249 | THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
20140002355 | INTERFACE CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING FORCE | 01-02-2014 |
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 |