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HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
High Fidelity Multi Finger Haptic Display
The Fingertip Haptic Display (FHD) is a five bar mechanism developed at the University of Washington for haptic interaction with the fingertip of the operator. The twodegree-of-...
Rainer Leuschke, Elizabeth K. T. Kurihara, Jesse D...
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
An Experiment on Tracking Surface Features with the Sensation of Slip
This paper describes the last of three experiments that investigate relative motion between a surface and the fingertip (slip) as part of a larger program of research on “finger...
Mark A. Salada, J. Edward Colgate, Peter M. Vishto...
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
FootIO -- Design and Evaluation of a Device to Enable Foot Interaction over a Computer Network
The development of a device that enables haptic foot interaction for communication over a network is presented. Considering the physical properties of feet we demonstrate that fee...
A. F. Rovers, H. A. van Essen
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Haptic Glyphs (Hlyphs) -- Structured Haptic Objects for Haptic Visualization
Haptic devices can be used to visualize information. As well as representing tangible surfaces and forces to enhance virtual training simulators for instance, haptic devices have ...
Jonathan C. Roberts, Keith M. Franklin
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Bow Spring/Tendon Actuation for Low Cost Haptic Interfaces
This paper describes a novel bow spring and tendon actuator design for a haptic interface that provides highbandwidth force transmission to the fingers, with a large range of mot...
Dale A. Lawrence, Lucy Y. Pao, Sutha Aphanuphong
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Perceptibility of Haptic Digital Watermarking of Virtual Textures
Digital watermarking refers to the process of embedding a digital code into an image, video, printed document or audio media. The code should not interfere with the normal use of ...
Domenico Prattichizzo, Mauro Barni, Hong Z. Tan, S...
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Event-Based Haptics and Acceleration Matching: Portraying and Assessing the Realism of Contact
Contact in a typical haptic environment resembles the experience of tapping on soft foam, rather than on a hard object. Event-based, high-frequency transient forces must be superi...
Katherine J. Kuchenbecker, Jonathan Fiene, Gü...
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Input Devices with Simple and Compact Haptic Feedback Mechanisms Driven by Finger Movement
Narrow key pitch of compact input devices confuses finger pressure at a key touch pad. To make keys more distinguishable and to improve user-friendliness of such input devices, w...
Itsuo Kumazawa
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Spanning Large Workspaces Using Small Haptic Devices
Exploring large virtual environments using a small haptic device with limited-workspace capabilities is a challenging task because the user very quickly reaches the borders of the...
François Conti, Oussama Khatib
HAPTICS
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
The Effect of Fingertip Microstructures on Tactile Edge Perception
People rely on tactile edge localization to ascertain the location and structure of edges. When pressure is applied to the skin, skin mechanoreceptors convert compressive stress/s...
Gregory J. Gerling, Geb W. Thomas