Title :
TouchLens: touch enhancing tool
Author :
Sano, Akihito ; Mochiyama, Hiromi ; Takesue, Naoyuki ; Kikuuwe, Ryo ; Fujimoto, Hideo
Author_Institution :
Touch Technol. Lab., Nagoya Inst. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
Here we show a touch-enhancing tool that operates not only as a disturbance filter, but also, supposedly, as a magnifier of surface undulation. This tool, which we named "TouchLens," is composed of a sheet and numerous pins regularly arranged on one side of the sheet, having no electronic or mechatronic components. The most promising application of TouchLens is its use in inspection of sheet metals to detect small deflection defects and skill transfer in automobile industry.
Keywords :
automobile industry; filters; haptic interfaces; sheet metal processing; TouchLens; automobile industry; disturbance filter; sheet metal inspection; skill transfer; small deflection defect detection; surface undulation; touch enhancing tool; Automobiles; Fabrics; Filters; Inspection; Laboratories; Lenses; Metals industry; Pins; Plastics; Skin;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 2004. TExCRA '04. First IEEE Technical Exhibition Based Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8564-0
DOI :
10.1109/TEXCRA.2004.1425003
