Wearable Haptic Device

A body-worn device that delivers tactile feedback through vibration motors, actuators, or other mechanisms to convey information to the wearer through the sense of touch. Wearable haptic devices range from simple single-motor wristbands to multi-motor armbands, gloves, and belts that can encode complex spatial and temporal information. In accessibility applications, these devices provide a hands-free, non-auditory, and non-visual channel for delivering information, navigation guidance, or alerts to blind and visually impaired users without interfering with other sensory tasks.