JP2001356862A - Tactile force sense presenting device and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tactile force sense presenting device and a recording medium capable of properly providing information with a tactile sense force even when a display is unwatchable even though there is the problem that any information can not be properly provided when the user can not keep observation on the display in a conventional manner. SOLUTION: A CPU 11 obtains the operation of a user corresponding to a mouse 20, and outputs sense of touch/inner force information according to the contents of the operation, and controls a sense of touch/inner force device integrally formed in the mouse 20 so that information can be provided by this sense of touch/inner force presenting device and a recording medium for storing a program for this device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a haptic sense presentation device for presenting a user interface with a haptic sense and a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal computers have become widespread and have been used in various scenes of daily life. Recent personal computers are connected with a mouse and a keyboard as an operation unit, a display as a display unit, a sound device that sounds sounds and sounds, and the user operates the mouse and the keyboard to input information and requests, It is common to visually and audibly receive information provided via a device such as a display.

However, in general, information obtained through vision is indispensable for operations of a mouse, a keyboard, and the like. That is, since the operation of a personal computer in recent years is performed through a graphical user interface (GUI), operations such as clicking and dragging an icon are not performed.
This is done while referring to the visual information that the mouse pointer overlaps the icon.

[0004] Therefore, a personal computer mainly operating with such a GUI has, for example, an aspect that is difficult for a visually impaired person to use. Also, a visual interface must be watching the display, and an auditory interface is not suitable for a case where many persons communicate by voice, such as in an office. Sounding the sound with the speaker can hinder communication between other people,
This is because if headphones are used, the call to the user may not be heard.

[0005]

As described above, the above-mentioned conventional user interface has a problem that it is impossible to provide appropriate information when the user has a visual impairment or when he cannot keep his eyes on the display. there were.

In the above-mentioned conventional user interface, information is transmitted only through sensory organs eccentrically located on a part of the human body (head), such as sight and hearing. However, since it merely provides information that can be recognized through acquired learning, there is a problem in that it lacks realism and communication. In addition, there is a problem that external communication may be hindered by voice.

[0007] Therefore, research has been conducted on a device capable of effectively presenting a tactile sensation (tactile sensation) and resistance / inertial sensation (force sensation) to a user with an extremely simple configuration.
One example of such a device is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 11-203040, "Tactile Force Presenting Apparatus" and the like. Also,
Feel, jointly developed by Immersion and Logitech, USA
It Mouse ™ is known. This "Feel it Mo
In use (trademark), a free pointing operation is limited in order to express a sense of resistance by giving a reaction force to the mouse device itself based on an instruction from a personal computer. In addition, it is not possible to represent the feeling (touch) of touching the object. Furthermore, since the mouse device does not separate from the surface of the dedicated mouse stand, there is a problem that the operation is extremely difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a haptic sense presentation device and a recording medium capable of presenting information by presenting a haptic sense.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art is provided in a haptic sense presentation device, wherein a means for acquiring an operation from a user and a content of the acquired operation are provided. And means for outputting tactile sense information, and means for presenting a tactile sense based on the tactile sense information.

The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art is a haptic sense presentation device used together with a display device, and means for outputting haptic information related to display contents on the display device. And means for presenting a tactile sense based on the tactile sense information.

The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art is a tactile sense presentation device including means for presenting a tactile sense to a user, and detects an operation state of the device. Means for outputting haptic information in accordance with the detected operation state, wherein the means for presenting the haptic sense presents the haptic sense based on the haptic information. Features.

Here, the means for presenting a tactile sensation preferably presents the tactile sensation independently of the operation state of an operating means such as a mouse. Specifically, as a means for presenting the tactile sensation, a sensation unit for placing the fingertip may be provided, and the placed fingertip may be guided planarly or three-dimensionally to present the tactile sensation. Further, as a bracelet, a wristwatch, clothes, or the like as a separate body from the mouse, a tactile sensation is presented by vibrating the wrist or the clothes.

That is, in the present invention for solving the problem of the above-mentioned conventional example, as means for presenting the tactile sensation, a sensation part which is movably supported and has a fingertip placed thereon, An input unit for receiving input of force sense information and a drive unit for moving the sense unit in accordance with tactile force information input to the input unit are provided.

The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art is a method for presenting a tactile sensation, which comprises a step of acquiring an operation from a user, and a step of acquiring a tactile force according to the content of the acquired operation. And outputting a haptic information based on the haptic information.

The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art is a haptic sense presenting method, which comprises the step of outputting haptic information related to display contents on a display device; And presenting a tactile sensation based on the information.

The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art is a method for presenting a tactile sensation, comprising the steps of: ,
The method includes a step of outputting haptic information according to the detected operation state, and a step of presenting haptic information based on the haptic information.

The present invention for solving the problems of the conventional example is a computer-readable recording medium,
A program that includes a module that acquires an operation from a user and a module that outputs haptic information in accordance with the content of the acquired operation, and that presents a haptic sense to the user based on the haptic information. Is stored.

The present invention for solving the problems of the above conventional example is a computer-readable recording medium,
A module that is executed on a device including a haptic sense presentation unit that presents a haptic sense to a user, and detects at least an operation state of the device, and haptic information according to the detected operation state. And a module for controlling the haptic sense presentation unit based on the haptic sense information.

The present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems of the prior art is a computer-readable recording medium,
A module for detecting an operation state of the device that is an object representing an operation state by a haptic sense, a module for outputting haptic information according to the detected operation state, and a haptic based on the haptic information. A program including a module for presenting a force sense is stored.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS [First Embodiment] A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
The tactile sense presentation device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a personal computer 10 and a mouse 20 connected to the personal computer 10, as shown in FIG.
The personal computer 10 includes a CPU 11 and a RAM
The system includes a ROM 12, a ROM 13, a hard disk 14, a display unit 15, an operation unit 16, and an external storage device 17, and each unit is connected to a bus. As shown in FIG. 2, the mouse 20 includes a movement amount detection unit 21, an operation button 22,
It is mainly composed of a tactile force sense device 23 including a sensation unit on which a fingertip is placed and movably supported, and an interface unit 24. FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the mouse 20.

The personal computer 10 has, for example, A
Macinto of PleComputer ™
sh (trademark) computer or an AT-compatible computer device that runs a Windows (registered trademark) OS provided by Microsoft (trademark).
Are PowerPC (TM) and Celeron (TM)
And the like. The CPU 11 performs various arithmetic processes according to an operation input from the operation unit 16, and performs a predetermined display output process on the display unit 15. The CPU 11 performs a haptic sense presentation process for driving the haptic device 23 of the mouse 20. The processing operations of the CPU 11 will be described later in detail.

The RAM 12 operates as a work memory for the CPU 11. The ROM 13 mainly stores the CPU 1
1 stores necessary parameters and software modules at the time of startup. Hard disk 14 is MacOS
In addition to OSs such as (trademark) and Windows (registered trademark), various applications are stored, and various device driver software called from these OSs is installed. Further, the hard disk 14 has a haptic device 23 as described later.
And stores a table in which parameters for controlling are set. The display unit 15 is a display card and a display device. The operation unit 16 is an interface connected to a keyboard and a mouse.
B and the like. This operation unit 1
A mouse 20 is connected to 6. In addition, a keyboard and the like are connected to the operation unit 16. The external storage device 17 reads data from a computer-readable recording medium that stores data electromagnetically and optically, such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a magneto-optical disk, and outputs the data to the CPU 11.

The moving amount detecting section 21 of the mouse 20 comprises a mouse ball B and two rotary encoders R for detecting the rotation of the mouse ball B on the X axis and the Y axis. When the mouse ball B is moved, the rotation of the mouse ball B that rotates in accordance with the movement is output for each of the X and Y axes, and the corresponding rotary encoder R outputs data representing the amount of rotation to the interface unit 24.

The operation button 22 is a switch S. The operation of clicking the operation button 22 is transmitted to the interface section 24 by opening and closing the switch S. The switch S is covered by a haptic device 23 corresponding to a sensing unit, and the haptic device 23 is connected to the interface unit 24. Further, the haptic device 23 presents a haptic sensation to the finger G of the user according to a control signal input from the interface unit 24. Regarding the specific configuration of the haptic device 23,
This will be described later in detail.

The interface unit 24 includes the moving amount detecting unit 2
The moving operation status of the mouse 20 input from 1 is detected and transmitted to the operation unit 16 of the personal computer 10.
Further, the interface unit 24 transmits the state of pressing the operation button 22 to the operation unit 16 of the personal computer 10. Further, the interface unit 24 outputs a control signal corresponding to the haptic information input from the operation unit 16 to the haptic device 23. Specifically, the interface unit 24 includes the haptic device 23 as the haptic information.
Receiving the input of the force value for controlling the haptic device 23
Is controlled by the force.

Here, the operation of the CPU 11 will be described in detail. The CPU 11 performs processing as an operating system, processing as a device driver, and processing of an application program. Specifically, the CPU 11 mainly performs a process management (management of a processing schedule and the like) for each application program and a memory management process as a process of the operating system. Further, the CPU 11 receives an interrupt signal related to an operation from the mouse 20 or the keyboard input via the operation unit 16 and shifts to an interrupt process to perform a device driver process related to the operation.

Here, the processing of the device driver will be described. The CPU 11 stores the position of the mouse pointer in the RAM 12 and responds to the movement amount of the mouse 20 detected by the movement amount detection unit 21 of the mouse 20. The signal is received via the interface unit 24, and the position of the mouse pointer stored in the RAM 12 is updated. At this time, C
The PU 11 moves the mouse 2 from the position of the past mouse pointer.
By calculating information of a moving speed v of 0 and a moving acceleration a, R
Stored in AM12.

The CPU 11 receives a signal indicating that the operation button 22 of the mouse 20 has been pressed (pressed) or released, and performs a corresponding process of the operating system. Furthermore, this CPU 1
1 outputs information of a force F for controlling the haptic device 23 as haptic information in accordance with an instruction from an operating system or an application program or in accordance with the processing content of the operating system or the application program. Processing according to this processing content,
For example, when an alert dialog in the GUI is displayed, an event message for displaying this dialog is sent to the CPU.
11 performs detection.

Here, the force F is, for example, an elastic force Fe, a viscosity Fv, and a force F0 for moving the tactile force sense device 23.
The resultant force is composed of a resistance force Ff and an inertial force Fi. These elastic force, viscosity, resistance force, and inertia are respectively represented by a displacement x of the mouse pointer from a specific point, a RAM,
Using the velocity v and the acceleration a stored in 12, the calculation is performed by the following equations (1) to (4).

[0030]

## EQU1 ## Fe = k × x (1) Fv = D × v (2) Ff = f (x, μ, N) (3) Fi = m × a (4)

Here, k, D, m, μ, and N are parameters, which are designated by application programs or set in advance, and values stored in the hard disk 14 are used. That is, the hard disk 14
As shown in FIG. 3, a force F0 applied to the movement corresponding to the tactile sensation to be expressed and these parameters are preset in the form of, for example, a conversion table.

The CPU 11 responds to an instruction from an application program or an operating system during the processing of the device driver, for example, based on the displacement x, velocity v, acceleration a of the mouse pointer and the values in this table, and the force F.
Is calculated and output as tactile sense information via the operation unit 16.

Here, a specific configuration of the haptic device 23 will be described. FIG. 4A shows the haptic device 23.
FIG. 4B is a side view of the haptic device 23 of FIG. 4A. Haptic device 23
As shown in FIG. 4A, a plate-shaped base 31, a sensing section 32, and elastic members 33 a to 33 d connecting the base 31 and the sensing section 32 are provided.

Here, X is defined with the center portion of the base 31 as the origin.
Considering the Y orthogonal coordinates for convenience, as shown in FIG. 5, magnets 35 are respectively arranged in the first to fourth quadrants of the base 31, and this magnet 35 has its N pole and S pole in each quadrant. The poles are arranged alternately. FIG.
It is a perspective view corresponding to (a).

A first coil 36a straddling the first and fourth quadrants, a second coil 36b straddling the first and second quadrants, and a third coil 36c straddling the second and third quadrants are provided on the bottom surface of the sensing section 32.
And a fourth coil 36d which straddles the third and fourth quadrants. Each of these coils 36 is provided with a current control unit 37a to 37d for controlling a current flowing through the coil. That is, the current control unit 37 controls the amount of current to the corresponding coil 36, thereby controlling the force F for moving the sensing unit 32.

The bottom of the sensing part 32 and the magnet 3 of the base 31
5, the friction between them is reduced to reduce
It is also preferable to sandwich a sliding layer using a fluororesin (for example, polytetrafluoroethylene) which is a low-friction material in order to facilitate movement of the sliding layer.

Further, it is preferable that the sensing section 32 includes an actuator for realizing the three-dimensional movement.

Next, the operation of the haptic sense presentation device according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the haptic sense presentation device according to the present embodiment, after turning on the power, the CPU 11 reads the operating system stored in the hard disk 14 according to the instruction stored in the ROM 13 and starts processing of the operating system. Eventually, when the startup processing of the operating system is completed, a visual shell application such as a finder (trademark) or a program manager (trademark) is started, and various application programs are displayed on the display via the display unit 15. The icon will be displayed. Then, the user operates the mouse 20 to move the mouse pointer, and can perform operations such as clicking and dragging an icon displayed on the display.

At this time, the CPU 11 stores the speed v of the operation of the mouse 20 and the acceleration a in the RAM 12.
When an application program or an operating system processed by the CPU 11 attempts to present a tactile sensation, information representing the tactile sensation to be presented is transmitted to the device driver, and the CPU 11 processes the haptic sensation to be presented as a device driver process. Is calculated using a table stored in the hard disk 14,
The information is output via the operation unit 16 as tactile sense information. Then, the interface unit 24 of the mouse 20 performs control corresponding to the tactile sense information on the tactile sense device 23, and the tactile sense is transmitted to the user's finger.

That is, the CPU 11 operates as an operating system or an application to execute a startup state, a hard disk access, an input wait, a job wait, a type of power supply used, a power consumption mode (operation state, power saving state,
(E.g., sleep state) is detected, and a tactile sensation set in advance corresponding to each state is presented. Alternatively, a tactile sensation may be presented in response to an incoming mail, the remaining battery level, the presence or absence of access from another computer, and the like. It is also preferable to present a tactile sensation in synchronization with the display by the display unit 15 or the sounding of an audio signal via a speaker or the like.

Here, the force F corresponding to the tactile sense is CP
It is assumed that the calculation is performed by U11.
May control the haptic device 23 by calculating the force F corresponding to the haptic sensation according to the instruction input from the CPU 11. In this case, the interface unit 24 includes a ROM for storing a parameter corresponding to the tactile sense, detects a moving speed and an acceleration of the mouse pointer, and calculates a tactile sense according to the moving speed and the like and the parameter. The haptic device 23 is controlled.

In the above description, the haptic device according to the present embodiment has been described assuming a personal computer or the like having a hard disk or the like, but parameters corresponding to the haptic device to be presented are stored in the ROM 13. If the setting is performed or the setting is performed according to the program read from the external storage device 17, for example, in the case of a game machine, the tactile force corresponding to the screen switching state, the screen scrolling state, and the like during the loading of the program, during data saving and loading, and the like. Sensation can be presented.

Further, a CPU may be provided in the mouse 20 to control the direct contact force sensation device according to an operation on the mouse 20.

Further, the CPU 11 can be used, for example, when a display for calling the user's attention, such as running out of paper in the printer or receiving data from the scanner, or when it is desired to indicate the state of the apparatus, for example, the haptic device 23. May be greatly vibrated or moved so as to trace the shape of a symbol or character such as a circle or a triangle.

Specifically, in the case of a printer, for example, when a job is input to a specific printer, a tactile sensation corresponding to the amount of the job already input to the printer and waiting for processing is presented. (In this case, the personal computer acquires the amount of the job currently input to the specific printer and expresses the tactile sensation according to the acquired amount). The vibration and the graphic having the amplitude corresponding to the amount are presented, and, for example, the tactile sensation is presented in such a manner that the amplitude increases as the number of sheets decreases and the circle with a larger radius decreases as the amount of toner decreases.

In a scanner or the like, a tactile sense corresponding to each of system check, scanning, data transfer, and system setting is set in advance, and the corresponding tactile sense is presented.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the CPU
11 controls the haptic device 23 capable of presenting a haptic sensation independently of the movement of the mouse or the like according to the operation of the mouse or the like, the display content, the state of the device, and the like, and presents the haptic sensation to the user. Therefore, it is possible to provide appropriate information even when the user has a visual impairment or is unable to keep an eye on the display.

[Second Embodiment] Next, the haptic sense presentation device of the present invention is not only a personal computer but also a personal computer.
Peripheral devices such as mobile phones, home game machines, printers and scanners, communication devices such as facsimile machines, home appliances such as TVs, microwave ovens, and refrigerators, and furniture such as desks, chairs, and shelves (so-called ubiquitous computers) , Such as eyeglasses, wristwatches, costumes, stationery such as writing tools, other wearable computers, and vehicle equipment (handles, shift levers, seats, etc.). This case will be described below.

[Mounting on Mobile Phone] As shown in FIG. 6, a mobile phone as a haptic sense presenting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention has a control unit 41, a transmitting / receiving unit 42, and a storage unit 4 as shown in FIG.
3, a sounding unit 44, a speaker 45, a microphone 46,
It basically includes an operation unit 47 including a tactile sense presentation unit and a display unit 48. The control unit 41 performs a process of instructing the operation unit 47 to present a tactile sensation set in advance according to the state of the mobile phone, in addition to performing a normal mobile phone process such as calling, receiving, and talking. Do. This processing will be described later in detail.

The transmission / reception unit 42 modulates an audio signal input from the microphone 46 based on an instruction from the control unit 41 and wirelessly communicates with the base station on the mobile phone network side. In addition, it demodulates a signal arriving from the base station and outputs the signal to the speaker 45 as an audio signal. The normal transmission / reception operation of this mobile phone is the same as the operation of a widely known mobile phone, and a description thereof will be omitted. Here, the mobile phone includes not only a general PDC (personal digital cellular) system but also a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) system.

The storage unit 43 stores, in addition to data for realizing functions of a normal mobile phone, such as telephone directory data, a table in which an operation state is associated with a haptic content to be presented in the operation state. (FIG. 7) and a table in which parameters are associated with the contents of the haptic sense shown in FIG. 3 are stored.

The ringing section 44 rings a ring tone or the like in accordance with an instruction input from the control section 41. The operation unit 47 includes a numeric keypad, buttons for menu operation, and a swing switch. The operation unit 47 includes a tactile sense presentation unit. Here, the tactile sense presentation section may be integrally included in, for example, a swing switch. The display unit 48 includes the control unit 41
The information is displayed in accordance with the instruction input from.

That is, when a tactile sense presentation device is realized as a mobile phone, for example, when there is an incoming call during operation of the mobile phone, the control unit 41 causes the tactile display to be presented in accordance with the state. The content of the force sense is read out from the table in FIG. 7, and then the parameter for presenting the touch sense is read out from the table in FIG. 3, and the touch sense is provided via the buttons and switches of the operation unit 47. According to this, the incoming call can be notified without changing the display content of the display unit 48 or changing the sound during ringing. According to this aspect, unlike the case where the entire mobile phone is vibrated like a known vibrator, not only the variation of the vibration period and the like, but also various states can be clearly distinguished by various tactile senses. Can be expressed. For example, each state such as waiting, receiving / sending possible state (communication area), receiving / sending impossible state (out of service area), receiving, calling, transmitting, mode ending processing, waiting for character input, character input, etc. The table shown in FIG. 7 may be set for each case. More preferably, the setting can be arbitrarily performed by a user.

Furthermore, when the telephone number of the other party is notified from the base station at the time of the incoming call, the control unit 41 searches the telephone directory data of the storage unit 43 for the telephone number and associates the telephone number with the telephone directory data. When the name of the destination is found, it is preferable to present a tactile sensation according to the name of the destination (for example, a tactile sensation when drawing the first character). Furthermore, if the content of the haptic sensation corresponding to the incoming telephone number is associated with the telephone directory data, for example, a haptic sensation is presented in a circular manner for an incoming call from the first destination, For an incoming call from the second destination, a tactile sensation can be presented as if drawing a triangle.

[Implementation on a Home Game Machine] In a home game machine, a state in which a game program is read from a recording medium such as a CD-ROM, a state in which game result data is stored, Different tactile sensations are presented according to the state of reading the resulting data. Also in this case, the control unit (C
PU, etc.), the desired tactile sensation can be presented by sequentially referring to the tables of FIGS.

[Mounting on Home Appliances] In recent home appliances, with the development of microcomputer embedding technology and various sensor technologies, for example, measurement of the cooling efficiency in a refrigerator,
Some devices have a function of detecting the degree of cooking (heating) in a microwave oven.

If the presentation of the tactile sensation is implemented by the microcomputer processing according to the detection result of the sensor used in the home appliance, for example, the weight of the hinged door may be changed according to the amount of food in the refrigerator. Presents a tactile sensation as if it changes (presents a tactile sensation of resistance against the axis of rotation of the door against the opening operation), or instructs to interrupt cooking in accordance with the degree of progress of cooking Present tactile sensation via buttons. According to this, for example, when trying to interrupt cooking while cooking is not progressing, vibration is added for warning, or the weight of the opening operation of the door is changed according to the internal temperature during oven cooking. Etc. can be provided.

The presentation of the tactile sensation based on the detection results of the various sensors is the same for a ubiquitous computer mounted on furniture or the like and also in a case mounted on a vehicle or the like.

When mounting on these various products, the amount represented by one parameter (for example, the number of files, elapsed time, remaining battery power, number of answering machines, etc .;
Regarding the scalar amount, the tactile sensation presentation unit is made difficult to move according to the magnitude of the scalar amount (in the case of a swing switch, a force sense is generated in a direction opposite to the force to be swung). ) To express the frictional force, generate a force sense proportional to the magnitude, express the so-called inertial force assuming the magnitude of the scalar amount as the mass, or use the scalar for movement from the predetermined reference position. A sense of scalar is expressed by expressing a force sense according to the amount (expression of gravity) or by combining these frictional forces, inertial forces, and expressions of gravity.

In the case of a three-dimensional vector expression, the tactile force presenting part may be integrated with the operating part on which a fingertip is placed. However, in the case of four to six dimensions, the axis corresponding to each dimension is used. Is expressed by adding rotation to. Also, a predetermined conversion operation (regardless of linear or non-linear conversion) may be performed on these vectors to express the conversion result. Thereby, a multidimensional vector value can be represented by a lower-dimensional vector value. Further, a vector value may be expressed by polar coordinates in terms of angle and amplitude.

[0061]

According to the present invention, an operation from a user is acquired, haptic information is output in accordance with the content of the acquired operation, and a haptic sense is presented based on the haptic information. So
Even when the display cannot be watched, information can be appropriately provided to the user.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a tactile sense presentation device used together with a display device, which outputs tactile sense information related to display contents on the display device, and outputs the tactile sense information based on the tactile sense information. Since a force sensation is presented, information can be appropriately provided to the user even when the display cannot be watched.

Further, according to the present invention, the operating state of the device itself is detected, haptic information is output according to the operating state, and the haptic sense is presented based on the haptic information.
Even when the display cannot be watched, information can be appropriately provided to the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a haptic sense presentation device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating a cross section of a mouse.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a conversion table.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram illustrating an example of a haptic device.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 6 is a configuration block diagram of a mobile phone as an example of a haptic sense presentation device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a table that associates the state / operation of the device with the content of the haptic sense to be presented.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 personal computer, 11 CPU, 12
RAM, 13 ROM, 14 hard disk, 15
Display unit, 16 operation unit, 17 external storage device, 20 mouse, 21 movement amount detection unit, 22 operation buttons, 23
Haptic device, 24 Interface, 31 Base, 32 Sensing, 33 Elastic member, 35 Magnet, 36
Coil, 37 current control unit.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Koichiro Okamura 430 Nakaicho Sakai, Ashigara-gun, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Green X-Tech Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5B087 AA09 AB12 BB05 BB12

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A means for acquiring an operation from a user, a means for outputting haptic information in accordance with the content of the acquired operation, and a means for presenting a haptic sensation based on the haptic information A tactile sense presentation device, comprising: 2. A haptic sense presentation device used with a display device, comprising: means for outputting haptic information related to display contents on the display device; and haptic sense based on the haptic information. A haptic sense presentation device, comprising: means for presenting a haptic sense. 3. A haptic sense presentation device comprising means for presenting a haptic sense to a user, comprising: means for detecting an operation state of the device; A haptic sense presentation device, comprising: means for outputting haptic information, wherein the means for presenting the haptic sense presents a haptic sense based on the haptic information. 4. The haptic sense presentation device according to claim 1, wherein the means for presenting the haptic sense is movably supported, and a sensing unit on which a fingertip is placed; An input unit for receiving the input of the haptic information, and a drive unit for moving the sensation unit in accordance with the haptic information input to the input unit. apparatus. 5. A step of acquiring an operation from a user, a step of outputting haptic information in accordance with the content of the acquired operation, and a step of presenting a haptic based on the haptic information. A haptic sense presentation method, comprising: 6. A haptic sense comprising: a step of outputting haptic information relating to display contents on a display device; and a step of presenting a haptic sense based on the haptic information. Presentation method. 7. A step of detecting an operation state of a device which is an object representing an operation state by a haptic sense, a step of outputting haptic information according to the detected operation state, and Presenting a haptic sensation based on the information. 8. A program comprising: a module for acquiring an operation from a user; and a module for outputting haptic information in accordance with the content of the acquired operation, the program comprising: A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for presenting a tactile sensation to a user. 9. A program that is executed on an apparatus including a haptic sense presenting unit that presents a haptic sense to a user, wherein the module detects at least an operation state of the apparatus; A module for outputting haptic information in accordance with the operating state, and a module for controlling the haptic presentation unit based on the haptic information. Computer readable recording medium. 10. A module for detecting an operation state of a device which is an object representing an operation state by a haptic sense, a module for outputting haptic information according to the detected operation state, and a haptic sense. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program including a module for presenting a tactile sensation based on information.