Patent ID: 7696860
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06F,G09B

Abstract:
1. A wireless touch communication device consisting of: an array of depressable electromechanical transducers to receive and send wireless touch communication each one of the electromechanical transducers independently capable of producing a vibration for communicating qualitative and quantitative tactile cues to a user, wherein the array of electromechanical transducers produce the vibration to provide information to the user; at least one electromagnetic field sensor coupled with at least one of the array of transducers for monitoring a change in an electromagnetic field of the array of electromechanical transducers to detect at least one of a long and a short change when one or more of the electromechanical transducers is depressed by the user and producing at least two different output signal each having a different duration frequency burst when a change is detected for sending wireless touch communication from the user to a remotely located controller, wherein a change in a position of a transducer contactor produces the change in the electromagnetic field; a processing device connected with at least one electromagnetic field sensor to receive the output signal from the at least one electromagnetic field sensor to detect a pattern of changes in the electromagnetic field; a power source for supplying power to the wireless touch communication device; a transceiver connected with the processing device for receiving and transmitting two-way wireless touch communication; and a vibrotactile waistbelt for housing the array of electromechanical transducers, processing device and at least one electromagnetic field sensor to be worn around the abdomen and mechanically loaded against the body with approximately 45 grams of force to maintain mechanical coupling between the array of transducers and the skin to allow vibration from each transducer to stimulate the skin receptors, wherein the vibrotactile waistbelt is worn by the user to receive and send wireless touch communication respectively from and to the remotely located controller.