Vibrotactile pattern recognition on the arm and torso

Author

Piateski, Erin ; Jones, Lynette

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

18-20 March 2005

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

95

Abstract

A tactile display for use in navigation has been designed and evaluated. In these experiments, the ability of subjects to identify patterns of vibrotactile stimulation was tested using tactile displays mounted on the arm and torso. The performance of two types of motors (pancake and cylindrical) was also compared at both sites. The results indicated that identification of the vibrotactile patterns was superior on the torso as compared to the forearm, with subjects achieving 99-100% accuracy with seven of the eight patterns presented.

Keywords

computer displays; haptic interfaces; pattern recognition; tactile sensors; touch (physiological); arm; computer display; haptic interface; tactile display; torso; vibrotactile pattern recognition; vibrotactile stimulation pattern; Displays; Fingers; Haptic interfaces; Mechanical engineering; Navigation; Pattern recognition; Skin; Surface-mount technology; Testing; Torso;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Eurohaptics Conference, 2005 and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2005. World Haptics 2005. First Joint

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2310-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WHC.2005.143

Filename

1406919