{"title":"Material discrimination and thermal perception","authors":"L. Jones, M. Berris","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191267","url":null,"abstract":"This research is focused on the development of a thermal display and understanding the nature of the thermal cues used to identify objects haptically. The objective of the present set of experiments was to measure material discrimination when thermal cues are the main source of information about the materials. A two-alternative forced-choice task was used to assess discrimination. Of the five materials presented to the hand, nylon was the only material reliably discriminated as being warmer than the other materials. A second experiment was conducted to determine the magnitude of the skin temperature changes when contact was made with the materials. The results indicated that thermal responses were small, averaging 0.5/spl deg/C. These findings suggest that temperature cues can be used to discriminate between materials, but only when the thermal differences are large. It appears that subjects respond more to variations in heat capacity than thermal conductivity when discriminating between materials.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"163 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125950629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An experimental study of perceived instability during haptic texture rendering: effects of collision detection algorithm","authors":"Seungmoon Choi, H. Tan","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191276","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a quantitative characterization of the instability that a human user often experiences while interacting with a virtual textured surface rendered with a force-reflecting haptic interface. Psychophysical experiments were conducted to measure the maximum stiffness under which virtual textured surfaces were perceived to be stable in a variety of conditions differing in texture model parameters, rendering method, and exploration mode. Unlike our previous study that used a collision detection algorithm with an inherent step change in force magnitude near the textured surface boundary, these experiments used an algorithm proposed by Ho et al. (1999) that produces continuously changing force magnitudes at the cost of increased computational complexity. We found that the stiffness thresholds resulted from the collision detection algorithm of Ho et al. were not always higher than those obtained with the algorithm used in (Choi and Tan, 2002). The stiffness thresholds depended on the texture rendering method and the exploration mode used in the experiments. We also discuss the types of instability experienced by the subjects and the corresponding characteristics of the proximal stimuli that invoked the perception of each type of instability. With this knowledge, our future work will investigate techniques to mitigate the problem of perceived instability.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115742668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Haptic aided design: a case study","authors":"Jian Zhang, S. Payandeh, J. Dill","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191291","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a preliminary investigation of the effectiveness of haptic feedback for design processes involving mechanisms used by a human operator in interacting with an environment. Our example is a case study of the design of an amniocentesis device, which represents a relatively simple and yet meaningful application. We simulated the mechanism, as well as its intended working environment, represented by layered mass-spring surface meshes. The user feels force feedback when manipulating the simulated device via a haptic interface. The user can also interactively update the design by modifying the values of the parameters that describe the mechanism. To investigate the effectiveness of haptic rendering in this design problem, an informal preliminary user study was conducted, where each subject explored a discretized design space of the mechanism. The results of the user study suggest that haptic rendering is effective in expediting the design process for some applications.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128615694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Controller design for a wearable, near-field haptic display","authors":"R. Lindeman, Justin R. Cutler","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191323","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we address the problem of providing near-field haptic feedback in a wearable, scalable manner. Our solution, called the TactaBoard, supports the independent control of 16 outputs on a single controller board using a standard serial port. We have tested the system with several types of output devices, including low-cost pager motors and fans. Based on pulse-width modulation, the system can generate an output frequency from 0.3 Hz to 316 Hz. We provide a detailed description of the characteristics of our system, and present early results from empirical studies we have conducted with one possible configuration of tactors. Future enhancements to the TactaBoard system include the ability to daisy chain multiple boards on one control bus, and support for other classes of output devices such as those requiring an H-Bridge. Finally, we present some possible applications where this type of system might be useful.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124012093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validity of haptic cues and its effect on priming visual spatial attention","authors":"J. Young, H. Tan, R. Gray","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191265","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated cross-modal links in attention between haptics and vision. A visual change-detection task was used as a measure of visual attention. Haptic taps on the back was used to prompt the user the visual quadrant within which changes occurred. The location of the haptic cues was consistent with the quadrant of the visual changes on either 80% or 20% of the trials. Ten subjects were randomly assigned to the two test conditions. The subjects were informed of the validity of the haptic cues before the experiments. We measured the effectiveness of haptic cues in terms of the changes in detection times in the visual task. Our results indicated that for the subjects in the 80% validity group, detection times decreased significantly with valid haptic cues, and increased significantly with invalid haptic cues. For the subjects in the 20% validity group, however, the results were less consistent. Some of the subjects benefited from haptic cues, while others managed to ignore the (mostly invalid) haptic cues. These results are interpreted as evidence that the use of haptic cues to reorient a person's visual spatial attention is natural and intuitive when the validity of the haptic cues is high. It is also concluded that the observed cross-modal attentional links between haptics and vision may involve a voluntary shift in attention as supposed to a purely involuntary mechanism.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127641757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Designing the haptic turntable for musical control","authors":"Tim Beamish, Karon E Maclean, S. Fels","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191221","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we discuss the design and implementation of D'Groove, an intelligent Disc Jockey (DJ) system that features the use of haptic force feedback to expand the expressive abilities of the traditional DJ setup. We begin by describing the tasks of a DJ and defining some of the challenges associated with the traditional DJ process. We then introduce our new system, discussing how it alleviates these problems and at the same time introduces new performance possibilities. This is followed by a detailed description of some of the haptics-design-related problems that we solved in the course of building the system, including a method for accurately calculating low velocities. We conclude with a discussion of the role of haptics within the DJ domain.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126925050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preliminary two dimensional haptic thresholds and task performance enhancements","authors":"Gregory S. Lee, B. Hannaford","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191238","url":null,"abstract":"Many tasks may be performed with greater efficiency and speed with haptic assistance. Using the Penbased Haptic Display, a low-power, low-friction, and high-precision device, we performed two separate experiments to measure two properties of human/haptic interactions. In the first experiment, we measured the level of force at which a subject may detect the presence of haptic feedback at a 71% accuracy level using a converging adaptive threshold algorithm. The average haptic threshold of eleven subjects was 20.8 milliNewtons. The second experiment quantifies changes in task performance using Fitts' Law. We measured improvements at three force levels compared to no force.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133046643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The hapticon editor: a tool in support of haptic communication research","authors":"Mario J. Enriquez, Karon E Maclean","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191310","url":null,"abstract":"We define haptic icons, or \"hapticons\", as brief programmed forces applied to a user through a haptic interface, with the role of communicating a simple idea in manner similar to visual or auditory icons. In this paper we present the design and implementation of an innovative software tool and graphical interface for the creation and editing of hapticons. The tool's features include various methods for creating new icons including direct recording of manual trajectories and creation from a choice of basis waveforms; novel direct-manipulation icon editing mechanisms, integrated playback and convenient storage of icons to file. We discuss some ways in which the tool has aided our research in the area of haptic iconography and present an innovative approach for generating and rendering simple textures on a low degree of freedom haptic device using what we call terrain display.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"188 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134184675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Boian, J. Deutsch, Chan-Su Lee, G. Burdea, J. Lewis
{"title":"Haptic effects for virtual reality-based post-stroke rehabilitation","authors":"R. Boian, J. Deutsch, Chan-Su Lee, G. Burdea, J. Lewis","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191289","url":null,"abstract":"The majority of today's haptic interfaces are designed for hand-based interaction with virtual environments. However, there are several real-life tasks that require a person to interact with the environment using one's foot. Researchers have developed systems for simulating walking in a virtual environment. This paper describes a different approach to foot based interactions, intended for users in sitting position. A VR-based rehabilitation system using a prototype \"Rutgers Ankle\" device is presented, along with the methods of enhancing interaction realism through haptic feedback. Two application examples used for post-stroke patient rehabilitation are presented. Initial results from pilot clinical testing are briefly described.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131342545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simplified authoring of 3D haptic content for the World Wide Web","authors":"M. O'Malley, Shannon Hughes","doi":"10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191334","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HAPTIC.2003.1191334","url":null,"abstract":"As haptic technology becomes more developed, the potential applications for three-dimensional haptic content online become more and more numerous. However, the proliferation of such content has been restricted by the fact that it requires considerable effort to create. We present a system for allowing this content to be more easily authored and displayed. In our system, three-dimensional content created with a simple modeling language is displayed haptically by the Internet browser. Thus, three-dimensional haptic scenes for the Web can be written in this simple language, allowing the Web page author to circumvent the more complex scripting and/or programming which is currently necessary. Such a system should facilitate the creation of three-dimensional haptic content for the Web.","PeriodicalId":177962,"journal":{"name":"11th Symposium on Haptic Interfaces for Virtual Environment and Teleoperator Systems, 2003. HAPTICS 2003. Proceedings.","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132939573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}