{"title":"Touch Cannot Attentionally Select Signals Based on Feature Binding","authors":"Scinob Kuroki;Shin'ya Nishida","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3367944","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3367944","url":null,"abstract":"For human sensory processing, cluttered real-world environments where signals from multiple objects or events overlap are challenging. A cognitive function useful in such situations is an attentional selection of one signal from others based on the difference in bound feature. For instance, one can visually select a specific orientation if it is uniquely colored. However, here we show that unlike vision, touch is very poor at feature-based signal selection. We presented two-orthogonal line segments with different vibration textures to a fingertip. Though observers were markedly sensitive to each feature, they were generally unable to identify the orientation bound with a specific texture when the segments were presented simultaneously or in rapid alternation. A similar failure was observed for a direction judgment task. These results demonstrate a general cognitive limitation of touch, highlighting its unique bias to integrate multiple signals into a global event rather than segment them into separate events.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 4","pages":"604-613"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10440528","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139912505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyle T. Yoshida;Zane A. Zook;Hojung Choi;Ming Luo;Marcia K. O'Malley;Allison M. Okamura
{"title":"Design and Evaluation of a 3-DoF Haptic Device for Directional Shear Cues on the Forearm","authors":"Kyle T. Yoshida;Zane A. Zook;Hojung Choi;Ming Luo;Marcia K. O'Malley;Allison M. Okamura","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3365669","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3365669","url":null,"abstract":"Wearable haptic devices on the forearm can relay information from virtual agents, robots, and other humans while leaving the hands free. We introduce and test a new wearable haptic device that uses soft actuators to provide normal and shear force to the skin of the forearm. A rigid housing and gear motor are used to control the direction of the shear force. A 6-axis force/torque sensor, distance sensor, and pressure sensors are integrated to quantify how the soft tactor interacts with the skin. When worn by participants, the device delivered consistent shear forces of up to 0.64 N and normal forces of up to 0.56 N over distances as large as 14.3 mm. To understand cue saliency, we conducted a user study asking participants to identify linear shear directional cues in a 4-direction task and an 8-direction task with different cue speeds, travel distances, and contact patterns. Participants identified cues with longer travel distances best, with an 85.1% accuracy in the 4-direction task, and a 43.5% accuracy in the 8-direction task. Participants had a directional bias, with a preferential response in the axis towards and away from the wrist bone.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 3","pages":"483-495"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139729532","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Hydraulic Haptic Actuator for Simulation of Cardiac Catheters","authors":"Chengjie Li;Doo Yong Lee","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3364689","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3364689","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a haptic actuator made of silicone rubber to provide both passive and active haptic forces for catheter simulations. The haptic actuator has a torus outer shape with an ellipse-shaped inside chamber which is actuated by hydraulic pressure. Expansion of the chamber by providing positive pressure can squeeze the inside passage to resist the catheter traveling through. Further expansion can hold and push back the catheter in the axial direction to render active haptic forces. The size of the catheter passage is increased by providing negative pressure to the chamber, allowing various diameters of the actual medical catheters to be used and exchanged during the simulation. The diameter of the catheter passage can be enlarged up to 1.6 times to allow 5 to 7 Fr (1 Fr = 1/3 mm) medical catheters to pass through. Experiment results show that the proposed haptic actuator can render 0 to 2.0 N passive feedback force, and a maximum of 2.0 N active feedback force, sufficient for the cardiac catheter simulation. The haptic actuator can render the commanded force profile with 0.10 N RMS (root-mean-squares) and 10.51% L2-norm relative errors.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 3","pages":"461-470"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139722359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tao Morisaki;Takaaki Kamigaki;Masahiro Fujiwara;Yasutoshi Makino;Hiroyuki Shinoda
{"title":"UltLever: Ultrasound-Driven Passive Haptic Actuator Based on Amplifying Radiation Force Using a Simple Lever Mechanism","authors":"Tao Morisaki;Takaaki Kamigaki;Masahiro Fujiwara;Yasutoshi Makino;Hiroyuki Shinoda","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3363764","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3363764","url":null,"abstract":"A lightweight haptic display that does not interfere with the user's natural movement is required for an immersive haptic experience. This study proposes a lightweight, powerful, and responsive passive haptic actuator driven by airborne focused ultrasound. This 6.2 g completely plastic passive device amplifies an applied ultrasound radiation force by a factor of 35 using a simple lever mechanism, presenting an amplified force of 0.7 N to the user's finger pad. 2–30 Hz vibration can also be presented. Since the radiation force is presented at the speed of sound, the amplified force is presented at high speed even with the high amplification rate of a lever, achieving such strong force and vibration presentation. Physical measurements showed that the amplified force was 0.7 N for the 20.48 mN input radiation force, and the amplitude of the presented vibration was over 0.1 N at 2–30 Hz. A psychophysical experiment showed that the vibration and force were perceivable with a device output level of −7.7 dB. In the future, we will explore methodologies around device design to present desired tactile sensations.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 3","pages":"471-482"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=10428111","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139706628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Skin-Stretch Haptic Feedback Augmentation Improves Performance in a Simulated Laparoscopic Palpation Task","authors":"Charlélie Saudrais;Bernard Bayle;Marie-Aude Vitrani;Fabien Vérité","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3363422","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3363422","url":null,"abstract":"Laparoscopic surgery brings substantial benefits to patients. However, it remains challenging for surgeons because of motion constraints and perception limitations. Notably, the perception of interactions with organs is largely compromised. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a forearm-based skin-stretch haptic feedback system rendering surgical tool tip force. Twenty novice participants had to discern the stiffness of samples to investigate stiffness perception in a simulated laparoscopic task. The experimental protocol involved manipulating samples with three difficulty levels and testing three feedback conditions: no augmentation, visual feedback, and tactile feedback. The results demonstrate that feedback significantly enhances the success rate of laparoscopic palpation tasks. The proposed tactile feedback boosts confidence and task speed and reduces peak force and perceived workload. These benefits become even more pronounced when difficulty increases. These promising findings affirm the value of skin-stretch haptic feedback augmentation in improving performance for simulated laparoscopy tasks, paving the way for more integrated and deployable devices for the operating room.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 4","pages":"578-590"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139702372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bi-Manual Sensory Discrimination: A Kinesthetic Study","authors":"Suhas Kakade;Subhasis Chaudhuri;Abhishek Gupta","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3362352","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3362352","url":null,"abstract":"The ability of humans to perceive and differentiate kinesthetic sensory information significantly influences our daily activities and motor control. This study examines the impact of asynchronous bi-manual discrimination tasks compared to uni-manual discrimination tasks on kinesthetic perception. Our study aims to reveal the relationship between kinesthetic perception of haptic signals by examining perceptual thresholds in three different scenarios using (i) the dominant hand, (ii) the non-dominant hand, and (iii) both hands simultaneously to differentiate between two successive signals. Subjects exposed to force signals in these three situations conveyed their perceptions of alterations in signal magnitude after each trial. Subsequently, we applied psychometric functions to the collected responses to determine perceptual thresholds. Our results indicate a substantial difference in threshold values between bi-manual and uni-manual scenarios, with the bi-manual scenario exhibiting higher thresholds, indicating inferior perceptual ability when both hands are simultaneously utilized in two separate discrimination tasks. Furthermore, our investigation reveals distinct perception thresholds between the dominant and non-dominant hands, owing to differences in the perceptual capability of the two hands. These findings provide substantial insight into how the nature of tasks may alter kinesthetic perception, offering implications for the development of haptic interfaces in practical applications.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 1","pages":"116-121"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139697279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rotational Motion Due to Skin Shear Deformation at Wrist and Elbow","authors":"Takuto Nakamura;Hideaki Kuzuoka","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3362407","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3362407","url":null,"abstract":"The hanger reflex is an illusion phenomenon that induces strong force perception and rotational motion, and it occurs in multiple parts of the body. A potential application of this phenomenon is in upper limb rehabilitation for patients with upper-limb paralysis involving arm rotation. However, the only upper limb movements that have been confirmed in this phenomenon are the inward and outward movements of the wrist, which limits the applicable tasks. Therefore, we attempted to apply the hanger reflex to the elbow and use it simultaneously with the wrist. This phenomenon occurs due to shear deformation of the skin, so shear deformation was presented to the skin on the elbow. When shear deformation of the skin was presented to the elbow in the same manner as in previous studies applied to the wrist, movement and force perception of pronation and supination of the elbow were confirmed. The results of an experiment in which the hanger reflex was simultaneously presented to the elbow and wrist showed that each region independently perceived motion and force.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 1","pages":"108-115"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139697280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachel A. G. Adenekan;Alejandrina Gonzalez Reyes;Kyle T. Yoshida;Sreela Kodali;Allison M. Okamura;Cara M. Nunez
{"title":"A Comparative Analysis of Smartphone and Standard Tools for Touch Perception Assessment Across Multiple Body Sites","authors":"Rachel A. G. Adenekan;Alejandrina Gonzalez Reyes;Kyle T. Yoshida;Sreela Kodali;Allison M. Okamura;Cara M. Nunez","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3362154","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3362154","url":null,"abstract":"Tactile perception plays an important role in activities of daily living, and it can be impaired in individuals with certain medical conditions. The most common tools used to assess tactile sensation, the Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments and the 128 Hz tuning fork, have poor repeatability and resolution. Long term, we aim to provide a repeatable, high-resolution testing platform that can be used to assess vibrotactile perception through smartphones without the need for an experimenter to be present to conduct the test. We present a smartphone-based vibration perception measurement platform and compare its performance to measurements from standard monofilament and tuning fork tests. We conducted a user study with 36 healthy adults in which we tested each tool on the hand, wrist, and foot, to assess how well our smartphone-based vibration perception thresholds (VPTs) detect known trends obtained from standard tests. The smartphone platform detected statistically significant changes in VPT between the index finger and foot and also between the feet of younger adults and older adults. Our smartphone-based VPT had a moderate correlation to tuning fork-based VPT. Our overarching objective is to develop an accessible smartphone-based platform that can eventually be used to measure disease progression and regression.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 4","pages":"970-977"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139691686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Establishing Natural Tactile Mappings: Mapping Tactile Parameters to Continuous Data Concepts","authors":"Nicholas Gardella;Sara L. Riggs","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3357416","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3357416","url":null,"abstract":"There has been limited work developing natural mappings between tactile signals and common data concepts in data rich domains. If these mappings can be established, tactile displays can become more intuitive and readily adopted. The present study aims to identify general natural mappings between perceptual dimensions of vibration and continuous data concepts. Twenty-one participants were tasked to map four different tactile parameters to four different data concepts—pressure, concentration, size, and speed. We found that an increase in intensity was good at conveying increases for all data concepts. We also found that speed, pressure, concentration, and size all have at least one strong natural mapping.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 1","pages":"80-85"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139650617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relaxing Conservatism for Enhanced Impedance Range and Transparency in Haptic Interaction","authors":"Huseyin Tugcan Dinc;Thomas Hulin;Christian Ott;Jee-Hwan Ryu","doi":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3359230","DOIUrl":"10.1109/TOH.2024.3359230","url":null,"abstract":"The Time Domain Passivity Approach (TDPA) has been accepted as one of least conservative tools for designing stabilizing controllers in haptics and teleoperation, but it still suffers from conservatism because it is based on passivity. Additionally, high-frequency, immediate control actions lead to a degradation of transparency. In this paper, we propose a method to relax the conservatism of haptic interaction and enhance stable impedance range while maintaining high transparency. Based on the observation of energy exchange behavior in pressing and releasing paths in haptic interaction, we introduce an energy cycle as a completion of a pressing and releasing path. With this new concept, we compare the energies at the end of each energy cycle to estimate the energy generation and inject adaptive damping to regulate it over upcoming cycles. Because we wait a pressing-releasing cycle is completed, we allow energy to be generated, but we regulate the amount of generated energy over upcoming cycles by injecting adaptive damping. In this way, we perform low-frequency control actions on system dynamics. These in turn enable us to achieve high transparency. We show the validity of the proposed approach through several simulations and experiments, and show that it enhances the stable impedance range and transparency compared to the TDPA.","PeriodicalId":13215,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Haptics","volume":"17 1","pages":"100-107"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139575624","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}