Patent ID: 9595172
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,G08B

Claim:
1. A data glove for generating tactile feedback at a user's finger upon touching the finger to an interaction element on an infrared touchscreen, wherein the data glove comprises: receiving elements configured to receive fingers of an operator; stimulators configured to generate tactile feedback and attached to the finger-receiving elements; a plurality of infrared photodetectors configured to identify a finger touching the infrared touchscreen; and a signal generator configured to excite a stimulator of the finger touching the infrared touchscreen upon successful actuation of the interaction element on the infrared touchscreen, wherein the plurality of infrared photodetectors is arranged at the data glove and each of the plurality of infrared photodetectors is assigned to one of the receiving elements, wherein each of the plurality of infrared photodetectors is configured to detect infrared rays emitted by the infrared touchscreen based on a distance of the respective one of the plurality of infrared photodetectors from the infrared touchscreen, and wherein the finger for which a corresponding one of the plurality of infrared photodetectors provides a maximum photocurrent is identified as the finger touching the infrared touchscreen.