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The future of science and technology we will be touched by the screen
2017-02-24 00:19:00
In 2009, apple filed a patent called localized tactile feedback device, in simple terms, is to increase the screen touch feedback function to more realistically simulate the texture of objects. The patent number is No.8378797. The patent eventually opened in 2013.
According to the description, this system can be issued on a single point of the screen vibration feedback, bring more real input feel. This is only the first step in tactile feedback. The system also includes a series of more sophisticated techniques to generate localized haptic feedback at a faster rate. For example, in the upper and lower sliding around, you can use regular electrical signals to activate the pin (PIN), and then simulate the shape and texture of the object. These subtle movements have been achieved through a number of existing technologies, such as actuator technology, shape memory alloys, pneumatic devices, micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) and piezoelectric components.
In addition, according to the application scenarios of mobile phone, can be covered with a layer of elastic film with pins, to touch more smooth, can be added on a smooth plane, such as intelligent mobile phone touch screen, can also be embedded to scan the finger rolling mechanical device.
In addition to apple, there are some companies such as Microsoft and TeslaTouch are also developing tactile feedback technology, and even the existing engineering prototype. Other techniques can be used to simulate a more subtle touch, such as the release of a weak current through a controlled electrode to stimulate the peripheral nerve to produce a sense of touch.
Some companies, including apple, try to touch feedback technology is not a whim. We use the network for communication, we can hear each other, see each other face, but the face of the other end fell dejected friends, it is hard to give practical comfort, we cannot hand wipe away the tears on her face, can't hold her hand or hold her shoulders. You can consult a psychiatrist on the Internet, but you can't intuitively feel the touch of your story from her eyes.
At that moment, the virtual world tried all the tricks are able to withstand heavy battering communication is so feeble. At this time you will be deeply aware of the current network communication tools, information carrying capacity is still limited, and some things are difficult to communicate with the network.
The convenience of the Internet and electronic equipment since Needless to say, but people so we sacrifice face-to-face interaction, and Men's feelings are changeable. hidden. As time goes by, what we are missing is the perception and touch of the real world.
Dr. DavidJ.Linden, of the Johns Hopkins University School of medicine, analyzes the growing scarcity of physical contact in the online world, including eye contact, body language, etc.. And this kind of physical contact is actually a very important social lubricant, even if there is no physical contact. It can maintain the team's harmony and intimacy, and convey gratitude, sympathy and trust.
Data show that if the restaurant waiter and the diners have a formal physical contact, he / she is often able to get a higher tip. Doctors in the interrogation of some relief action can reduce the patient's psychological pressure, the treatment effect will become better. Even if the salesperson has had a brief contact with the customer's arm during the service, his / her performance will be improved.
Lost in cyberspace is not only the contact between people, it also has a great change in the shopping experience. Sociologists have shown that the touch of certain goods has a greater impact on the purchase behavior, especially for people who have direct contact with the body, such as shoes, clothing, bed sheets, and cosmetics.
Tactile effects are not limited to the above. According to a survey by market research firm MillwardBrown, 30% of consumers said the phone's touch was more important than her appearance.
Online shopping is a commonplace, and some people even after a period of time without online shopping will feel like what life is missing. The online shopping of goods, with the direct contact with the body of clothing in which also occupy a large proportion. But perhaps, people will become more and more hope to be able to touch the clothes before buying experience what it's like to feel how, not just with thin words or not how the real picture to bet on, holding not to return the psychological.
In the present, haptic simulation technology has not been adopted on a large scale, but we have reason to believe that the demand for this one day will promote the development of this technology. Professor AllisonOkamura and his team at the Stanford University is developing a haptic simulation equipment can simulate the shape and texture of objects, but also can make the corresponding action according to the user's feedback force and deformation, simulate the weight of the object. This equipment is mainly used in the early in the field of robotic surgery, the surgeon will be able to perceive the knife at the end of exposure to the organization.
In fact, in addition to the medical field, the technology also has a broader application prospects. Soon, it may be iPhone12, Samsung Galaxy10 may also provide tactile feedback, you touch the phone screen in a pair of favorite shoes, feel its material and touch. Continue to spread your imagination, the phone can also send commands to control embedded in the clothes in the dynamic touch generation device, so you can "try" clothes.
This is a whole new area of technology that lets touch screen touch
