Infrastructural haptics on wall scale interactive displays

Abstract

An interactive wall provides tactile feedback based on detected touch and displayed content on the wall surface. Upon detecting a touch on the wall surface, the interactive wall provides real time tactile feedback corresponding to the touch employing one or more actuators. The interactive wall itself may serve as projection surface for the display or a wall-size display be affixed to the wall trans-conducting tactile feedback to the user.

1 .- 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A method executed by a computing device that provides infrastructural haptics on an interactive wall of an interactive display device, the method comprising:
 displaying a user interface with touch-based control elements on the interactive wall;   detecting a touch on a surface of the interactive wall;   reporting the detected touch to a control server;   receiving a tactile feedback that corresponds to the touch from the control server; and   playing the tactile feedback through actuators integrated to the interactive wall.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 determining the tactile feedback at a processor integrated into the interactive wall.   
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 determining a sequence of the detected touches that includes at least one from a set of: embedded pressure sensors, optical sensors, and infrared detection based sensors.   
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 determining the tactile feedback at a remote computing device by a transmission of information associated with the detected touch to the remote computing device.   
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 24 , further comprising:
 receiving information associated with the tactile feedback from the remote computing device.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 employing at least one from a set of: a look-up table, a database query, and a dynamic algorithm to determine the tactile feedback.   
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 playing back the tactile feedback in real time to detect a delay, wherein the delay is measured from a detection action of the detected touch to a play action of the tactile feedback.   
     
     
         28 . A system to provide infrastructural haptics on an interactive display device, the system comprising:
 the interactive display device comprising:
 a communication module configured to communicate with a control server; 
 sensors integrated to a display surface of the interactive display device; and 
 an actuator module configured to play tactile feedbacks through actuators integrated with the interactive display device; and 
   the control server comprising:
 a memory configured to store instructions; and 
 a processor coupled to the memory, the processor executing an application in conjunction with instructions stored in the memory, wherein the application is configured to:
 enable display of a user interface with touch-based control elements on the interactive display device; 
 receive information, from the interactive display device, associated with touches detected through the sensors on the display surface of an interactive wall of the interactive display device; and 
 determine tactile feedbacks that correspond to the touches. 
 
   
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the application is further configured to:
 transmit information associated with playing the tactile feedbacks that correspond to the touches to the actuator module of the interactive wall.   
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the interactive wall includes one from a set of an air gap and a dampening agent to enable movement of the interactive display device and avoid vibrational noises from contact between the interactive wall and adjacent non-interactive walls. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the application is further configured to:
 retrieve the tactile feedbacks that match the touches from a data store.   
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 31 , wherein the application is further configured to:
 analyze parameters of the touches, wherein the parameters include at least one from a set of: a location of the touches, a sequence of the touches, and a level of pressure of the touches; and   integrate the parameters of the touches with displayed content on the interactive display device.   
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 32 , wherein the application is further configured to:
 transmit the retrieved tactile feedbacks that correspond to the touches of an interactive wall of the interactive display device, wherein the interactive wall plays the retrieved tactile feedbacks through actuators located on the interactive wall.   
     
     
         34 . The system of  claim 28 , further comprising actuators configured to:
 move the interactive wall based on detection of at least one from a set of: a swipe motion, a button press, a touch action, a vibration action, and a sound action from the sensors on the display surface.   
     
     
         35 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the actuators are vibration generating devices installed on bars spanning across an interactive wall of the interactive display device. 
     
     
         36 . The system of  claim 34 , wherein the application is further configured to:
 transmit information associated with playing the tactile feedbacks through actuators integrated to the interactive wall of the interactive wall display, wherein the actuators are installed on studs of the interactive wall of the interactive display device.   
     
     
         37 . A server communicatively coupled to a display device that provides infrastructural haptics, the server comprising:
 a communication module configured to exchange data with the display device;   a memory configured to store instructions;   a processor coupled to the memory and a communication device, the processor executing an application in conjunction with instructions stored in the memory, wherein the application is configured to:
 enable display of a user interface with touch-based control elements on the display device; 
 receive information, from the display device, associated with touches detected on a surface of the display device through sensors of the display device; 
 determine tactile feedbacks that correspond to the touches; and 
 transmit information associated with playing the tactile feedbacks that correspond to the touches to an actuator module integrated with the display device, the actuator module configured to play the tactile feedbacks through actuators integrated with the display device. 
   
     
     
         38 . The server of  claim 37 , wherein the application is further configured to:
 integrate sensory input with displayed content to retrieve a matching tactile feedback.   
     
     
         39 . The server of  claim 37 , wherein the application is further configured to:
 determine the tactile feedbacks based on a sequence of the detected touches from at least one from a set of: embedded pressure sensors, optical sensors, and infrared detection based sensors.   
     
     
         40 . The server of  claim 37 , wherein the application is further configured to:
 provide a control service as a separate entity accessible through a network.