A Kinesthetic Washout Filter for Force-Feedback Rendering

• Published in: IEEE transactions on haptics Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 114 - 118
• Main Authors: Danieau, Fabien, Lecuyer, Anatole, Guillotel, Philippe, Fleureau, Julien, Mollet, Nicolas, Christie, Marc
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.01.2015; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Actuators; Algorithms; Computational modeling; Computer Simulation; Feedback; force-feedback; Haptic interfaces; haptic-audiovisuals; Humans; Joints; Kinesthesis - physiology; kinesthetic; Models, Biological; Neck; Physical Stimulation - methods; Rendering (computer graphics); Shoulder; Touch - physiology; user experience; User-Computer Interface; Visual Perception - physiology; washout filter; Washout filter; user experience; force-feedback; haptic-audiovisuals; kinesthetic
• ISSN: 1939-1412; 2329-4051
• DOI: 10.1109/TOH.2014.2381652

Today haptic feedback can be designed and associated to audiovisual content (haptic-audiovisuals or HAV). Although there are multiple means to create individual haptic effects, the issue of how to properly adapt such effects on force-feedback devices has not been addressed and is mostly a manual endeavor. We propose a new approach for the haptic rendering of HAV, based on a washout filter for force-feedback devices. A body model and an inverse kinematics algorithm simulate the user's kinesthetic perception. Then, the haptic rendering is adapted in order to handle transitions between haptic effects and to optimize the amplitude of effects regarding the device capabilities. Results of a user study show that this new haptic rendering can successfully improve the HAV experience.