Apparatus that prepares and delivers intelligible information to the human brain by stimulating the sense of touch in intelligible patterns within an area of skin

摘要

The apparatus is typically constructed within a sock or shoe and interfaces the output of a source system/systems (not part of this invention and hereinafter referred to as “the source system” or “the source systems”) with an area of touch sensitive skin. Being a receiving, processing, interfacing and delivering apparatus, the uses of the apparatus are limited only by the imagination of those who invent the source systems. By using the wearer's sense of touch to convey information to the brain, outdoorsmen and soldiers can be kept constantly aware of the direction of north while keeping their eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and hands focused and dedicated to other tasks. The apparatus consists of a connection between the source system and the electronics which prepares and delivers the intelligible information to a touch inducer pad which is directly or indirectly, via an intermediate material, in contact with an area of touch sensitive skin specifically including but not limited to a bottom of a foot. A typical application is to electrically stimulate a point on the bottom of the foot and then move that point repeatedly through the center of the touch inducer pad in the direction of north.