• DocumentCode
    2643940
  • Title

    Restoring physicality to touch interaction with programmable friction

  • Author

    Lévesque, Vincent ; Oram, Louise ; MacLean, Karon ; Colgate, Edward ; Peshkin, Michael A.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-12 Jan. 2011
  • Firstpage
    61
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    Rich tactile interaction with control surfaces has been compromised in the transition to touch interfaces. This paper discusses new haptic effects that restore physicality to touch interaction by dynamically altering a touchscreen´s frictional properties.
  • Keywords
    friction; haptic interfaces; touch sensitive screens; frictional properties; haptic effects; programmable friction; rich tactile interaction; touch interaction; touch interfaces; touchscreens; Conferences; Consumer electronics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Las Vegas, NV
  • ISSN
    2158-3994
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8711-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICCE.2011.5722773
  • Filename
    5722773