Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING HAPTIC INFORMATION INSIDE MULTI-MEDIA FILES
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2014182816
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To encode haptic information inside a multi-media file having content.SOLUTION: A method for encoding haptic information inside a multi-media file includes changing 310 a portion of the content in the multi-media file, and adding 320 the haptic information to the changed portion of the content. The haptic information corresponds to a haptic signal for generating a haptic effect upon playback of the multi-media file. A method for decoding haptic information from inside a multi-media file includes locating 330 the haptic information inside the multi-media file, and generating 340 a haptic effect based on the located haptic information during playback of the content of the multi-media file. A method includes receiving a multi-media signal comprising an audio signal and a haptic signal with a receiver of a haptic device, and outputting a haptic effect with a haptic output device of the haptic device based on the haptic signal in the multi-media signal.
Inventors:
ARNAB SEN
CHRISTOPHER J ULLRICH
JUAN MANUEL CRUZ-HERNANDEZ
MODALES ARI
CHRISTOPHER J ULLRICH
JUAN MANUEL CRUZ-HERNANDEZ
MODALES ARI
Application Number:
JP2014046370A
Publication Date:
September 29, 2014
Filing Date:
March 10, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
IMMERSION CORP
International Classes:
G06F3/01; G06F3/041; G10L19/00
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Tomohito Murakoshi
Yuichi Ohata
Yuichi Ohata