Title :
A fingertip shear tactile display for communicating direction cues
Author :
Horschel, Scott K. ; Gleeson, Brian T. ; Provancher, William R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Abstract :
Fingertip skin stretch has been found by our lab to be a reliable means for communicating direction. This demonstration will consist of two different parts to illustrate this means of communication. The first part of the demonstration will give participants some perspective on the importance of properly selecting stimulus parameters when rendering skin stretch. It will utilize a precision bench-top shear display. This device is a precision Parker X-Y stage that is used to impose fingertip skin stretch shear stimuli with displacements of 0.05-1.00 mm at rates of 0.5-4 mm/s. The second part of the demonstration will utilize a portable fingertip shear display to provide navigation cues to guide participants through the conference center.
Keywords :
haptic interfaces; rendering (computer graphics); Parker X-Y stage; communicating direction cues; fingertip shear tactile display; fingertip skin stretch; precision bench-top shear display; rendering skin stretch; stimulus parameters; stretch shear stimuli; Cities and towns; Displays; Feedback; Fingers; Haptic interfaces; Navigation; Servomechanisms; Skin; Teleoperators; Virtual environment; Perception and psychophysics; Tactile devices and display;
Conference_Titel :
EuroHaptics conference, 2009 and Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems. World Haptics 2009. Third Joint
Conference_Location :
Salt Lake City, UT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3858-7
DOI :
10.1109/WHC.2009.4810906