TY - GEN
T1 - A tactile display using human characteristic of sensory fusion
AU - Wu, Jing Long
AU - Sasaki, H.
AU - Kawamura, S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1998 IEEE.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - In general, it is difficult to present tactile information due to arbitrary curvatures of the curved surface and many degrees of freedom needed to be realized. On the other hand, psychophysical studies suggested that human visual and tactile sensations have an illusory fusion characteristic. It means that we can recognize curved surfaces of objects through visual and tactile sensations, even if exact tactile information is not presented. Hence, by utilizing the human characteristic of sensory fusion, realization of a tactile display can be simplified. From such motivation, the human fusion characteristics of visual and tactile sensation are measured, and are quantitatively analyzed. Based on the analyzed results, a tactile display is developed. In the tactile display, only four curved patterns are utilized instead of presenting many curved patterns. Performance of the developed tactile display is proved through evaluated experiments.
AB - In general, it is difficult to present tactile information due to arbitrary curvatures of the curved surface and many degrees of freedom needed to be realized. On the other hand, psychophysical studies suggested that human visual and tactile sensations have an illusory fusion characteristic. It means that we can recognize curved surfaces of objects through visual and tactile sensations, even if exact tactile information is not presented. Hence, by utilizing the human characteristic of sensory fusion, realization of a tactile display can be simplified. From such motivation, the human fusion characteristics of visual and tactile sensation are measured, and are quantitatively analyzed. Based on the analyzed results, a tactile display is developed. In the tactile display, only four curved patterns are utilized instead of presenting many curved patterns. Performance of the developed tactile display is proved through evaluated experiments.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031624791&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677053
DO - 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677053
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0031624791
SN - 078034300X
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
SP - 693
EP - 698
BT - Proceedings - 1998 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 1998
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 15th IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 1998
Y2 - 16 May 1998 through 20 May 1998
ER -