The presentation of virtual object shapes using a finger-mounted pin-array haptic display is one of the major topics of research in haptics. If this can be realized, the operability of objects and immersive feeling in...
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The presentation of virtual object shapes using a finger-mounted pin-array haptic display is one of the major topics of research in haptics. If this can be realized, the operability of objects and immersive feeling in the virtual space will be improved. For now, previous studies showed that shape recognition performance using such a pin-array display was far inferior from the performance in the real world using a real object. We considered that both the density of contact points and coverage areas are essential to improve the recognition performance. However, the size of the actuator that pushes each pin was a constraint, and the previously developed display could not have a large contact density and coverage area. This study proposes a novel design of a finger-mounted pin-array display that works around the constraint. We adopted a pneumatic drive because the pneumatic actuator, or air cylinder, can be a simple structure and can be arranged in a dense array. Our developed finger-mounted display has a higher contact point density and a larger coverage area than any other previously developed devices. It covered more than 4 times larger area on fingerpad with denser pin arrangements. An experiment to evaluate the recognition performance with the device was conducted. Participants discriminated 10 kinds of 2D patterned alphabet shapes with only haptic information. The result showed participants could recognize the ten kinds of 2D patterned shape with 93.8% accuracy. Though our participants' task in the experiment was more difficult, the accuracy was better than previous studies. It suggests the effect of the higher density and the larger size of the coverage.
While the relative motion between the skin and objects in contact with it is essential to everyday tactile experiences, our understanding of how tactile motion is perceived via human tactile function is limited. Previ...
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While the relative motion between the skin and objects in contact with it is essential to everyday tactile experiences, our understanding of how tactile motion is perceived via human tactile function is limited. Previous studies have explored the effect of normal force on speed perception under conditions where multiple motion cues on the skin (spatiotemporal cue, tangential skin deformation cue, and slip-induced vibration cue) were integrated. However, the effect of the normal force on speed perception in terms of each motion cue remains unclear since the multiple motion cues have not been adequately separated in the previously reported experiments. In this article, we aim to elucidate the effect of normal force in situations where the speed perception of tactile motion is based solely on a spatiotemporal cue. We developed a pin-array display which allowed us to vary the intensity of the normal force without causing tangential forces or slip-induced vibrations. Using the display, we conducted two psychophysical experiments. In Experiment 1, we found that the speed of the object was perceived to be 1.12-1.14 times faster when the intensity of the normal force was doubled. In Experiment 2, we did not observe significant differences in the discriminability of tactile speed caused by differences in normal force intensity. Our experimental results are of scientific significance and offer insights for engineering applications when using haptic displays that can only provide spatiotemporal cues represented by normal forces.
The utilization of high-resolution haptic feedback devices in a virtual reality(VR)environment can increase the precision of controlling remotely operated vehicles and reduce training costs for subsea construction ***...
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The utilization of high-resolution haptic feedback devices in a virtual reality(VR)environment can increase the precision of controlling remotely operated vehicles and reduce training costs for subsea construction *** paper introduces a novel flexible-driven wearable pin-array *** spatial separation of the control box and actuator allows the device to attain natural and seamless interactive movements while delivering high-density haptic feedback in *** pinarray consists of 25 haptic pin modules that run on a linear servo motor via a flexible shaft for force *** analysis and calculation of the flexible transmission resistance effect using the haptic pin module's shaft length and bending radius were conducted.A series of experiments was performed to gather comprehensive data on the pin module's output,transmission resistance and error,and response delay to optimize its structural design and transmission *** device's effectiveness in rendering shape and coarse texture was evaluated via two user *** results affirm that the introduced device enables users to precisely discern seven shapes and four distinct coarse surfaces.
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