Using an ultrasonic transducer to produce tactile rendering on a touchscreen

Author

Giraud, F. ; Amberg, M. ; Lemaire-Semail, B. ; Giraud-Audine, C.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Electr. Eng. & Power Electron., Univ. Lille 1, Villeneuve-d´Ascq, France

fYear

2014

fDate

12-16 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Friction reduction based tactile devices use an ultrasonic vibration to create an overpressure between a user´s fingertip and the vibrating surface. This phenomenon is called “the squeeze film effect”. This is an emerging technology to produce a haptic feedback on the touchscreen of handheld electronic devices. In this paper, we present the technology and the main technological issues to be improved.

Keywords

haptic interfaces; touch sensitive screens; ultrasonic transducers; Friction reduction; handheld electronic device; haptic feedback; squeeze film effect; tactile devices; tactile rendering; touchscreen; ultrasonic transducer; ultrasonic vibration; Acoustics; Actuators; Films; Friction; Haptic interfaces; Piezoelectric transducers; Vibrations; Haptic; Tactile; piezoelectric; squeeze film;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applications of Ferroelectrics, International Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices & Workshop on Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (ISAF/IWATMD/PFM), 2014 Joint IEEE International Symposium on the

Conference_Location

State College, PA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAF.2014.6922972

Filename

6922972